New World coral snake
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 • Syn: coral snake, harlequin-snake • Hypernyms: elapid, elapid snake • Hyponyms: eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius, western coral snake, Micruroides euryxanthus
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