copperhead

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Mrs. Holt hissed like a copperhead, which was a harmless little creature compared with her, as she scraped, and slashed, and dismembered the chicken she was preparing to fry.

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  1. noun A venomous snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central United States, having a reddish-brown body marked with darker crossbands arranged in an hourglass pattern.
  2. noun A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

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  • He started up the middle of the street but saw an RMP speeding his way, its lights and sirens frantic, and he leaped up the wide stairway that led to the college and vanished into the crafts fair, like a copperhead disappearing into tall grass. —  The Vanished Man
  • Someone caught a big copperhead, one of the meanest of all poisonous snakes, and one which is quite rare here, fortunately, and for a time Father kept it in a barrel near Slabsides. —  My Boyhood
  • Cottonmouth and copperhead will be around the wet, swampy patches. —  The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
  • In the online world, I, Hankscorpio74, am known to be charismatic, tough, quick-witted, and tenacious as a copperhead snake. —  The Onion
  • This is an osage copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster) which was found on the road in Missouri. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
 

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  1. from copper + head; so called from the bright-reddish color of its head.
 

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/ˈkɑpərhɛd/
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