Copperhead

['kɑpɚ,hɛd]

Definition

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

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

Checker: Luther--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

(n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

Typist: Nelda