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copperhead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From copper + head.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Translations (1)

cho sinti chʋhlakwa (Agkistrodon contortrix)