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copperhead

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: copperhead

1
n
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
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n
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: copperhead
1

n common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

Synonyms:
Agkistrodon contortrix
Type of:
pit viper
New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
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n venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

Synonyms:
Denisonia superba
Type of:
elapid, elapid snake
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
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