Coral Snake (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Old World Coral Snake

Hypernyms

• Elapid Snake

Hyponyms

• Rhynchoelaps Australis
• Aspidelaps Lubricus

Meaning 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.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• New World Coral Snake
• Harlequin-snake

Hypernyms

• Elapid Snake

Hyponyms

• Micruroides Euryxanthus
• Micrurus Fulvius