copperhead

Etymology

copper + head

noun

1. Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
   1. Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
   2. Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
   3. Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
   4. Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
2. (derogatory) Someone with ginger hair.