COPPERHEAD

copperhead, Denisonia superba

(noun) venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix

(noun) common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

copperhead (plural copperheads)

Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head.

Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.

Austrelaps, or Australian copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.

Elaphe radiata, the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia.

Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia

(pejorative) Someone with ginger hair.

Etymology

Noun

Copperhead (plural Copperheads)

(US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.

(US, historical, pejorative) Any member of the Democratic party. [chiefly 1860s]

Source: Wiktionary

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Cop"per*head`, n. Etym: [From its color.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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