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Micrurus

noun

coral snakes

• Syn: ↑genus Micrurus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elapidae, ↑family Elapidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑eastern coral snake, ↑Micrurus fulvius

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\\-rəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from micr- + -urus

: a genus of small venomous elapid snakes comprising the American coral snakes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.