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    HARLEQUIN-SNAKE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    coral snake; harlequin-snake; New World coral snake

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("harlequin-snake" is a kind of...):

    elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harlequin-snake"):

    eastern coral snake; Micrurus fulvius (ranges from Central America to southeastern United States)

    Micruroides euryxanthus; western coral snake (ranges from Central America to southwestern United States)

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