HyperDic: harlequin-snake

English > 1 sense of the word harlequin-snake:
NOUNanimalharlequin-snake, coral snake, New World coral snakeany of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white
English > harlequin-snake: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny 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.
Synonymscoral snake, New World coral snake
Narrowereastern coral snake, Micrurus fulviusRanges from Central America to southeastern United States
western coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthusRanges from Central America to southwestern United States
Broaderelapid, elapid snakeAny of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
Spanishcoralillo

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