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A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

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  1. n. A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
  2. n. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
  3. n. common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
  4. n. venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
  5. 1. (Zoöl.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper. 2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]
  6. A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closelyallied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called alsocopper-belly, and red viper.
  7. n:100 n. common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States n. venomous but sluggish brown">reddish-brown snake of Australia