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AUSTRALIAN CORAL SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Australian coral snake mean?
• AUSTRALIAN CORAL SNAKE (noun)
The noun AUSTRALIAN CORAL SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
Familiarity information: AUSTRALIAN CORAL SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUSTRALIAN CORAL SNAKE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Australian coral snake; Rhynchoelaps australis
Hypernyms ("Australian coral snake" is a kind of...):
coral snake; Old World coral snake (any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia)
Holonyms ("Australian coral snake" is a member of...):
genus Rhynchoelaps; Rhynchoelaps (Australian coral snakes)
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