coral snake in British English
noun
1.
any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
2.
any of various other brightly coloured elapid snakes of Africa and SE Asia
coral snake in American English
US
any of several small, poisonous, burrowing elapine snakes (genera Micrurus and Micruroides), found in the S U.S. and subtropical America, with coral-red, yellow, and blackbands around its body
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