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Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.
Over 65 recognized species of New World coral snakes in three genera (Leptomicrurus, Micruroides, Micrurus), native to tropical South America and Southern USA, having bright bands of red, yellow and black.
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Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.
About 16 species of Old World coral snakes in three genera (Calliophis, Hemibungarus, Sinomicrurus), some banded.
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harlequin-snake, New World coral snake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elapid, elapid snake
Narrower terms: eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius, western coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthus
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Old World coral snake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elapid, elapid snake
Narrower terms: Asian coral snake, African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus, Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
suge koral
— snake
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Breton:
naer-goural
— snake
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Czech:
korálovec
— snake
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Dutch:
koraalslang
— snake
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French:
serpent corail
— snake
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German:
Korallenotter
— snake
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Portuguese:
cobra-coral
— snake
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Russian:
кора́лловый а́спид
(korállovyj áspid)
— snake
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Spanish:
coralillo
— snake
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Spanish:
víbora de coral
— snake
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Swedish:
korallorm
— snake
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Welsh:
neidr gwrel
— snake
