1. (noun) 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

• coral snake
• harlequin-snake

1. (noun) 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

• eastern coral snake
• micrurus fulvius
• micruroides euryxanthus
• western coral snake

1. (noun) 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

• elapid
• elapid snake