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copperhead
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Copperhead is a Space Western comic book series written by Jay Faerber and illustrated by Scott Godlewski , published monthly by American company Image Comics . The first issue of Copperhead was published on September 10, 2014, to positive reviews and a ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Copperhead \Cop"per*head`\, n. [From its color.] (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ( Ancistrodon conotortrix ), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly , and red viper . A nickname applied to a person in ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Norman still has a scar on his hand from an encounter with a female copperhead when he was a teen-ager.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head. 2 # (taxlink Agkistrodon contortrix species noshow=1), a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America. 3 # (taxlink Austrelaps genus noshow=1), or (vern: Australian copperhead), ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Trigonocephalus contortrix , 1775, American English, so called for color markings between its eyes; see copper + head (n.). Poisonous "sneak snakes" (because they bite without warning), the name is said to have been first used in reference to Northerners ...
Usage examples of copperhead.
He was the first Unionist commander to enter the Northern Cave of Adullam, already infested with Copperhead snakes.
They cringed from a pair of Mags who urged them along with curses and strokes from the barrels of their Copperheads.
He glimpsed four Mags bulling through the door, gripping their Sin Eaters and Copperheads.
In addition to several species of nonvenomous vipers, there were rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and copperheads with venom drop-for-drop as poisonous as that of a rattler.
These were the men who vegetated in the mud along the shores of Pavonia, being of the race of genuine copperheads, and were fabled to have sprung from oysters.
Level X, the full Mindlink integration between the pilot, tail, and fighter craft itself, was the whole point of the Copperheads in the first place.
It was a political order, forced on the Copperheads by the NorCoord Parliament a few years back.
Peacekeeper Command can hardly afford the luxury of taking eight Copperheads out of their fighters and locking them away somewhere.
You are hereby reinstated as a lieutenant in the Copperheads and will report to Sector Commander Copperheads immediately for duty assignment.
Quinn and the other Copperheads, Pheylan saw, had already left the room, presumably to pick up their own orders.
Lord Stewart Cavanagh and Commander Adam Quinn had raised the issue of improper Copperhead cadet screening, there had been long and heated debates throughout the Commonwealth as to whether the Copperheads were even worth all this effort and money.
As a good Peacekeeper officer, Holloway had of course stood solidly behind the Copperheads in his own discussions with civilian friends and relatives.
Come on, Copperheads, fleet commander wants us on the bridge for intros.
The name Adam Quinn was not one held in high esteem among Copperheads these days.
It was also comfortably crowded, with perhaps thirty Copperheads sitting around tables or in lounge chairs, drinking, reading, or conversing.