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Noun: coral snake
  1. Any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
    - Old World coral snake
     
  2. 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
    - harlequin-snake, New World coral snake

Derived forms: coral snakes

Type of: elapid, elapid snake

Encyclopedia: Coral snake