COPPERHEAD - Definition

Meaning of COPPERHEAD

Pronunciation:		'kâpur`hed
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia [n] common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

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	Synonyms:	Agkistrodon contortrix, Denisonia superba

	See Also:	Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, Denisonia, elapid, elapid snake, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon, genus Denisonia, pit viper

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Copperhead The Nathaniel Starbuck ChroniclesBook TwoBall`s Bluff, 1862The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwell`s acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles. It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bloodied but victorious at the battles of Ball`s Bluff and Seven Pines. But he can`t escape his Northern roots, and it is only a matter of time until he`s accused of being a Yankee spy, pursued, and brutally interrogated. To clear his name, he must find the real traitor -- a search that will require extraordinary courage, endurance, and a perilous odyssey through enemy territory. more details ...

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cop"per*head`\, n. [From its color.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also {copper-belly}, and {red viper}. 2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]

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