1. coral snake, Old World coral snake, elapid, elapid snake
usage: any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
2. coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake, elapid, elapid snake
usage: 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