copperhead

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cop=per=head

CIDE DICTIONARY

copperhead, n. [From its color.].

•  A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.  [1913 Webster]
•  A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

copperhead, n.
1 a venomous viper, Agkistrodon contortrix, native to N. America.
2 a venomous cobra, Denisonia superba, native to Australia.