COPPERHEAD


Meaning of COPPERHEAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-pər-ˌhed ]

noun

Date: 1775

1. : a common pit viper ( Agkistrodon contortrix ) of the eastern and central United States usually having a copper-colored head and often a reddish-brown hourglass pattern on the body

2. : a person in the northern states who sympathized with the South during the American Civil War

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.