copper-belly

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Copperhead \Cop"per*head`\, n. [From its color.]
   1. (Zool.) 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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   2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who
      sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]
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