copperhead

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English

A copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

Etymology

copper +‎ head

Pronunciation

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Noun

copperhead (plural copperheads)

  1. Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
    1. Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
    2. Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
    3. Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
    4. Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
  2. (derogatory) Someone with ginger hair.

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