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copperhead

[kop-er-hed] / ˈkɒp ərˌhɛd /
NOUN
viper
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The North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper.

From National Geographic • Jul. 25, 2023

Of these snakes, two were venomous—one copperhead and one cottonmouth.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022

An average copperhead victim gets between six and ten vials of antivenom, but treatments vary depending on the bite, Greene said.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

Lancaster County resident Jesse Rothacker found the two copperhead snakes on the busy bike trail in the middle of their fall breeding.

From Fox News • Sep. 10, 2019

“You can always tell a copperhead by its markings,” Daddy told me.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson