Noun: copperhead 'kó-pu(r),hed
- Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
"The copperhead's excellent camouflage made it nearly invisible in the fallen leaves";
- Agkistrodon contortrix
- Venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
"The copperhead remained motionless in the undergrowth";
- Denisonia superba
Derived forms: copperheads
Type of: elapid, elapid snake, pit viper
Part of: Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, Denisonia, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon, genus Denisonia
Encyclopedia: Copperhead, Ontario