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copperhead

cop·per·head [ kóppər hèd ] (plural cop·per·heads or cop·per·head)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. reddish brown snake: a reddish brown poisonous snake of the viper family. Native to: central and eastern United States.  Latin name Agkistrodon contortrix.

2. supporter of South during Civil War: somebody living north of the Mason-Dixon Line who sympathized with the South during the Civil War ( informal )

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