Copperhead (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
Synonyms:
copperhead; Denisonia superba
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("copperhead" is a kind of...):
elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)
Holonyms ("copperhead" is a member of...):
Denisonia; genus Denisonia (copperheads)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Synonyms:
Agkistrodon contortrix; copperhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("copperhead" is a kind of...):
pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)
Holonyms ("copperhead" is a member of...):
Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon (copperheads)