English noun: coral snake |
1. | coral snake (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | elapid, elapid snake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | African coral snake, Asian coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus, Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis |
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2. | coral snake (animal) 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 | harlequin-snake, New World coral snake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | elapid, elapid snake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | eastern coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthus, Micrurus fulvius, western coral snake |
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