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coral snake
noun
Definition of CORAL SNAKE
1
: any of several venomous chiefly tropical New World elapid snakes (genus Micrurus) brilliantly banded in red, black, and yellow or white that include two (M. fulvius and M. euryxanthus) ranging northward into the southern United States
2
: any of several harmless snakes resembling the coral snakes
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First Known Use of CORAL SNAKE
circa 1772
Rhymes with CORAL SNAKE
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CORAL SNAKE Defined for Kids
coral snake
noun
Definition of CORAL SNAKE for Kids
: a small poisonous tropical American snake brightly ringed with red, black, and yellow or white
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coral snake
noun \ˈkȯr-əl-, ˈkär-\
Medical Definition of CORAL SNAKE
: any of several venomous chiefly tropical New World elapid snakes of the genus Micrurus that are brilliantly banded in red, black, and yellow or white and include two (M. fulvius and M. euryxanthus) ranging northward into the southern United States
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