Copper (disambiguation)

Copper is a reddish-colored metallic element, widely used in manufacturing and industry.

Copper may also refer to:

Biology:

• Lycaeninae, a family of butterflies commonly called the coppers
• Copper shark, the common name for Carcharhinus brachyurus, also known as the bronze whaler or narrowtooth shark
• The copper-colored restrepia is a copper-colored orchid.
• The Copper Underwing, (Amphipyra pyramidea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed across the Palaearctic region.
• The Copperhead may refer to any of three different species of snakes:
  • Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America
  • Austrelaps, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania
  • Elaphe radiata, known as the Copperhead Rat Snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia

Geography:

• Copper River (Alaska)
• Copper, Jackson County, Oregon, a submerged town
• Copper Mountain

Other:

• Copper (color), the color of the metal
• Copper (comic), a web and print comic
• Copper (band), a rock band from Buffalo, New York
• Copper Riot, a major riot which took place in Moscow in 1662
• Copper Age, a phase in human technological development
• Copper, British or Australian slang for a Police officer, hence the North American 'cop' ^[1]
• Telecommunications jargon for twisted pair connections
• The Manhattan Project's codename for plutonium. Actual copper was called "honest-to-God copper" (a pun on the slang for police officer)
• A coin of low value, brown or copper colored
• A large copper vessel used for heating water and laundry (archaic)
• A boiling tank used in beer brewing
• Copper, short for "co-processor", part of the original Amiga chipset
• Copper, the name of the hound in novel The Fox and the Hound
• Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, also known as COPPeR

References

1. ^ http://policelink.monster.com/topics/59263-cop-or-copper-how-did-it-start-/posts

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