ECPR related. 1  EU. European Union. 2  EC. European Community. 3  ECB. European Central Bank.  CEC. Commission of the European 1  Communities. ETSI. European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
Copperhead (politics) In the 1860s, the Copperheads comprised a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats Copperheads, likening them to the venomous snake.
Baby copperhead showing its distinctive yellow tail. The Copperhead comes in several color variations, depending on the location, from bright copper and light through to very dark brown shades. Copperheads are usually colorful and strikingly patterned snakes.The background color of the back and sides is tan to pinkish.There are darker, chestnut colored bands across the back and sides. Each hourglass shaped band is of varying width.gkistrodon contortrix. Copperhead snakes are pit vipers or crotalids (family Crotalidae); poisonous snakes that are named for the two heat sensing pits used to locate prey that are positioned between the eyes and the nostrils. The genus Agkistrodon includes 10 species.