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noun
Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
A venomous pit viper of species Agkistrodon contortrix, found in parts of North America.
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noun
Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
A water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
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noun
Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
A Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
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noun
Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
Any Australian copperhead (Austrelaps spp.), a venomous elapid found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
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noun
Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
A copperhead rat snake (Coelognathus radiatus, syn. Elaphe radiata), a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
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noun
Someone with ginger hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
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Usage: US, historical, slang
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Synonyms: Peace Democrat
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noun
Any member of the Democratic party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, historical
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noun
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Denisonia superba
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Broader terms: elapid, elapid snake
noun
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Agkistrodon contortrix
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Broader terms: pit viper
History
From copper + head.
After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.
Across languages
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