| NOUN | animal | Old World coral snake, coral snake | any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia |
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| Meaning | Any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia. | |
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| Synonym | coral snake | |
| Narrower | African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
| Asian coral snake | Of India | |
| Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis | small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red | |
| Broader | elapid, elapid snake | Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres |
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