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copperhead /ˈkɒpəhɛd /nounAny of a number of stout-bodied venomous snakes with coppery-pink or reddish-brown coloration, in particular:- A North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix, family Viperidae). Also called highland moccasin An Australian snake of the cobra family (genus Austrelaps, family Elapidae, in particular A. superbus)..
Dogs bitten by any of Texas' dangerous snakes, including rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads and coral snakes, often suffer unnecessarily....- The copperhead, a venomous snake, is dangerous, but its bite is rarely life-threatening to healthy adult humans.
- In the United States, about 8,000 people a year are bitten by rattlers or their cousins in the pit viper subfamily, which includes copperheads and water moccasins.
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