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Coral snake — (Micrurus sp.) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
coral snake — noun 1. any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia • Syn: ↑Old World coral snake • Hypernyms: ↑elapid, ↑elapid snake • Hyponyms: ↑Asian coral snake, ↑African coral snake, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
coral snake — 1. any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake), of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black. 2. any of several other snakes … Universalium
African coral snake — noun small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange • Syn: ↑Aspidelaps lubricus • Hypernyms: ↑coral snake, ↑Old World coral snake • Member Holonyms: ↑Aspidelaps, ↑genus Aspidelaps … Useful english dictionary
Australian coral snake — noun small venomous but harmless snake marked with black and white on red • Syn: ↑Rhynchoelaps australis • Hypernyms: ↑coral snake, ↑Old World coral snake • Member Holonyms: ↑Rhynchoelaps, ↑genus Rhynchoelaps … Useful english dictionary
Asian coral snake — noun of India • Hypernyms: ↑coral snake, ↑Old World coral snake • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliophis, ↑genus Calliophis, ↑Callophis, ↑genus Callophis … Useful english dictionary
Snake scales — Snakes, like other reptiles, have a skin covered in scales. Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India. page 1] Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes. Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it… … Wikipedia
elapid snake — noun any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres • Syn: ↑elapid • Hypernyms: ↑snake, ↑serpent, ↑ophidian • Hyponyms: ↑coral snake, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma … Wikipedia
snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an … Universalium
