HyperDic: new_world_coral_snake

English > 1 sense of the expression New World coral snake:
NOUNanimalNew World coral snake, coral snake, harlequin-snakeany of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white
English > New World coral 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, harlequin-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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