noun. A venomous snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central United States and northern Mexico, having a tan body with reddish-brown crossbands.

noun. A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

noun. A common venomous serpent of the United States, Trigonocephalus or Ancistrodon contortrix.

noun. Hence During the civil war in the United States, a northern sympathizer with the rebellion: so called by the Unionists.

noun. A term of ridicule or contempt applied to the early Dutch colonists of New York.

noun. A private token, equal to one cent, struck in the United States during the Civil War.

noun. In ornithology, the yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. of the western United States: so called from the reddish-yellow color of its head.

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

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

noun. One of two species of snakes, with a copper-colored head.

noun. Someone with ginger hair.

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

noun. venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

"After years of handling snakes I still get the willies form snakes. rattlesnakes usually give you a warning but the silent copperhead is just out to get ya. so I guess copperheads are my 2nd biggest fear of the outdoors."

elapid  elapid snake  pit viper  

breechclout  bush master  canebrake  coiled-up  colubrine  

copper-belly  red viper