☆ any of several small, poisonous, burrowing elapine snakes (genera Micrurus and Micruroides), found in the S U.S. and subtropical America, with coral-red, yellow, and black bands around its body
See coral snake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Micrurus, native to tropical America and the southern United States, characteristically having brilliant red, yellow, and black banded markings.