Coral snake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
    Old World coral snake.
  2. noun 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
    New World coral snake; harlequin-snake.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale).

Webster 1913