copper snake

copper snake
noun
: any of certain somewhat copper-colored snakes: as
a. : a coppery brown Australian venomous snake (Pseudechis cupreus) related to the Australian black snake
b. : a small harmless colubrid snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) of eastern No. America

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