copperhead

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(Askeri) topla fırlatılan güdümlü bir merminin adı (name for cannon-launched guided projectile)
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English - English
A northern who sympathized with the South during the American Civil War
Someone with ginger hair
One of two species of snakes, with a copper-colored head
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
With the beginning of the war, the Democratic party split into two factions: the Peace Democrats and the War Democrats The former were opposed to the Republican (Lincoln's party) scheme to crush the South, and they gained power in 1861 and 1862, when northern hopes for quick victory were dim The War Democrats, some of them having become Republicans, and many of them having accused Peace Democrats of virtual treason, won out in the end Peace Democrats, or Copperheads as they were known for the copper pennies they sometimes wore as badges, were likened in the press to a venomous snake They were mostly midwestern Democrats opposed to emancipation and sympathetic to the South They sought to convince northerners that the war should be ended by a negotiated settlement
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
a poisonous yellow and brown North American snake. Term used during the American Civil War to describe a Northerner who opposed the war policy and favoured a negotiated settlement with the South. The term was first used in 1861 by the New York Tribune, referring to the copperhead snake that strikes without warning. Most Copperheads (also called Peace Democrats) were from the Midwest, where agrarian interests distrusted the growing federal power. The movement's leaders included Clement Vallandigham. Though the movement was unable to influence the conduct of the war, Republicans used the Copperhead label to discredit the Democratic Party. Any of several unrelated species of snake named for their reddish head. The North American copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), also called the highland moccasin, is a pit viper of swampy, rocky, and wooded regions of the central and eastern U.S. It is usually less than 3 ft (1 m) long and is pinkish or reddish with a copper-coloured head and reddish brown, often hourglass-shaped crossbands on its back. Its venom is relatively weak, and a bite is rarely fatal to humans. The Australian copperhead is an elapid, and the Indian copperhead is a rat snake
A very small piece of protection with a small malleable head made of copper or aluminum that is used in aid climbing The climber pounds the head into slight cracks in the wall and prays it will hold his body weight until he can get his next piece in
n A malleable lump of metal attached to a wire loop, that can be forced into small cracks in the rock for protection in aid climbing
A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War
A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; called also copper-belly, and red viper
A northern who sympathized with the South during the Civil War
{i} type of poisonous snake from North America

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copperhead

    Hyphenation

    cop·per·head

    Turkish pronunciation

    käpırhed

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkäpərˌhed/ /ˈkɑːpɜrˌhɛd/

    Etymology

    [ 'kä-p&r-"hed ] (noun.) 1775. copper +‎ head
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