coral snake
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(noun) any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South and Central America |
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Synonyms: New World coral snake, harlequin-snake |
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Related Words: Micruroides euryxanthus, Micrurus fulvius, eastern coral snake, elapid, elapid snake, western coral snake |
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(noun) any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia |
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Synonyms: Old World coral snake |
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Related Words: African coral snake, Asian coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus, Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis, elapid, elapid snake |
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