copperhead

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Recent Examples of copperhead Unlike rattlesnakes, copperhead venom is relatively mild and deaths from their bites are extremely rare, according to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024 The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024 Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician. NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 The manager's footage shows the copperhead resting on top of the dryer while Perry explains the circumstances. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for copperhead 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copperhead
Noun
  • Prairie rattlesnakes have evolved an easy solution to this problem.
    Jason Bittel, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Giving 11 venomous snakes a chance to escape inside your office sounds risky, but one of the nation’s top rattlesnake experts did just that to prove a point.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In November, a man from Stellenbosch, South Africa, returned home to find a cape cobra coiled under a pillow on his bed.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There are moccasins and slippers, shoes and boots, and of course the namesake mukluks, fur and leather traditional winter boots, often beautified with embroidery, visible stitching, beads and tassels.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • This hybrid born from the fusion between sneakers and moccasins not only captures the essence of normcore, but shows the obsession for retro and functional.
    Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The death adder’s plight illustrates another important point: In a 2013 review of the relevant scientific literature to date, Robertson and his colleagues concluded that exotic species are the single largest cause of evolutionary traps.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
  • This attitude poses a threat to Europe’s adder populations, already on the decline because of habitat destruction.
    ByPhie Jacobs, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to match Swift's different albums, with friendship bracelets and light-up bracelets being scattered on the table of the cozy venue; all nods to the Eras Tour.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to go with her different albums.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Boa constrictor hitches ride on Arizona man's car An Arizona driver was shocked to find a huge snake hanging underneath his vehicle in November.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Currently, researchers are working with a test that detects four invasive constrictor snake species, all of which have established populations in Florida: Burmese pythons, North African pythons, boa constrictors and rainbow boas.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The two then called police, and deputies were able to wrangle the python into a pillowcase and out of the bathroom.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
  • As for the longest snake that was ever in captivity, that would be a reticulated python named Medusa.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is home to dozens of snake species, but the most deadly and feared are the puff adder, cobra and black mamba.
    Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • After its start in 1949, the orchestra was known for its symphonic jazz, mamba and conjunto polkas.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Jan. 2024

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“Copperhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copperhead. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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