| NOUN | animal | New World coral snake, coral snake, harlequin-snake | any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | coral snake, harlequin-snake | |
| Narrower | eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius | Ranges from Central America to southeastern United States |
| western coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthus | Ranges from Central America to southwestern United States | |
| Broader | elapid, elapid snake | Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres |
| Spanish | coralillo | |
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