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Look up: Copperhead

  1. copperhead
    [n] - common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States 2. [n] - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Copperhead
    In US history, a term of abuse applied by people of the Northern states during the Civil War to fellow Northerners who opposed the Union government's war policy. Many opposed the policy because they...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Copperhead
    Laser-guided anti-armour Munition fired from 155mm gun/howitzer [US]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Copperhead
    Cop'per·head` noun [ From its color.] 1. (Zoology) A poisonous American serpent ( Ancistrodon conotortrix ), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly , and red viper . 2....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/157

  5. copperhead
    A poisonous snake of the genus Denisonia in Australia and Agkistrodon in the U.S. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. copperhead
    noun venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. copperhead
    noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. copperhead
    (kop´әr-hed) Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper of the United States that has a brown to copper-colored body with dark bands. Called also highland moccasin. See also snakebite.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Copperhead
    • (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper. • (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Copperhead
    (from the article `tactical weapons system`) ...unreels behind the missile and the operator signals course corrections to a control mechanism inside the missile as it flies. Other missiles are ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/140

  11. Copperhead
    also called Peace Democrat, during the American Civil War, pejoratively, any citizen in the North who opposed the war policy and advocated ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/140

  12. copperhead
    any of several unrelated snakes named for their reddish head colour. The North American copperhead Agkistrodon (also spelled Ancistrodon) contortrix ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/140

  13. copperhead
    copperhead, poisonous snake, Ancistrodon contortrix, of the E United States. Like its close relative, the water moccasin, the copperhead is a member of the pit viper family and detects its warm-blooded prey by means of a heat-sensitive organ behind the nostril. The body, which may reach a length of ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08134

  14. copperhead
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kop′er-hed Definitions: 1. A U.S. poisonous snake of the genus Agkistrodon.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  15. Copperhead
    (climbing) For other uses of the word see copperhead In rock climbing, a `copperhead` is a small nut made of a soft metal, originally copper or brass, later usually aluminium. Copperheads are placed in the smallest cracks and seams where their malleability means that they can conform t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead

  16. Copperhead
    (Marvel Comics) `Copperhead` is the name of a number of fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first two are similar characters that mimicked old pulp magazine heroes, wearing a suit of copper armor and shooting paralyzing or lethal darts, while the third is a member of the Serpent ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead

  17. Copperhead
    (DC Comics) `Copperhead` is a DC Comics supervillain, he first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #78, June (1968) and was created by publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017-->--> Fictional character biography: "Joh...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead

  18. Copperhead
    (G.I. Joe) `Copperhead` is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is Cobra`s Water Moccasin pilot and debuted in 1984. Profile: Copperhead`s military specialty is air-driver swamp vehicle operator. He is presumabl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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