coral snake

Any of various venomous elapid snakes chiefly of the genus Micrurus of tropical America and the southern United States, characteristically having bright red, yellow, and black bands.

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coral snake

1. (Animals) any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands

2. (Animals) any of various other brightly coloured elapid snakes of Africa and SE Asia

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cor′al snake`

any of several venomous elapid snakes often marked with bands of red, yellow, and black, as Micrurus fulvius, of the SE U.S.

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Noun	1.	coral snake - any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia Old World coral snake elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres Asian coral snake - of India African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus - small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis - small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
	2.	coral snake - any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America harlequin-snake, New World coral snake elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius - ranges from Central America to southeastern United States Micruroides euryxanthus, western coral snake - ranges from Central America to southwestern United States

Translations

korálovec

coralillo

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Last year in New Mexico, she was bitten by a snake which she knew could either be a deadly coral snake or similar-looking non-lethal mountain king cobra.

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