copperhead vs cottonmouth

copperhead

noun
  • Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia. 

  • Someone with ginger hair. 

  • Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America. 

  • Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia 

  • Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania. 

cottonmouth

noun
  • A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead. 

  • An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs. 

  • A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin. 

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