copperhead — English Dictionary

Noun

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.

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   Usage

   • Derogatory

Noun

1. common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

   Synonyms

   Agkistrodon contortrix

   Broader terms

   pit viper

2. venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

   Synonyms

   Denisonia superba

   Broader terms

   elapidelapid snake