[
UK
/kˈɒpəhˌɛd/
]
[ US /ˈkɑpɝˌhɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑpɝˌhɛd/ ]
NOUN
- venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
- common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
How To Use copperhead In A Sentence
- Frankly, my only concern was that the resident copperhead (don't ask; I've been sworn to secrecy) got out alive.
- Powerful legs lifted Copperhead off the ground as 7.62 mm rounds whizzed by, narrowly missing their targets.
- Forest snakes include cottonmouth moccasin, copperhead, rough green snake, rat snake, coachwhip, and speckled kingsnake. Southeastern Mixed Forest Province (Bailey)
- Through my binoculars, I saw the heat-sensing facial pit between the eye and nostril, which identifies the copperhead as a pit viper.
- Struggling to break from the whirlpool's currents, the overking slung two kraits and a copperhead from his arms, screaming in circles of terror. Song of Time
- Still, I did not like the idea of being a "copperhead;" -- for that was the unhandsome designation which When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
- Norman still has a scar on his hand from an encounter with a female copperhead when he was a teen-ager.
- The guineas have had to contend with a lot of copperheads and a few garter snakes, which average 8-to 10-inches long.
- This is the only product that can neutralize toxins from rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads.
- copperhead," and the moccasin; and it is from the bites of one of these varieties that the great majority of reported deaths are caused. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine