Copperhead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Copperhead \Cop"per*head`\, n. [From its color.]
     1. (Zool.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon
        conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but
        without rattles; -- called also {copper-belly}, and {red
        viper}.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who
        sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  copperhead
       n 1: common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United
            States [syn: {Agkistrodon contortrix}]
       2: venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia [syn:
           {Denisonia superba}]