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单词 coral snake
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Definition of coral snake in English:

coral snake

noun
  • A brightly coloured venomous snake of the cobra family, typically having conspicuous bands of red, yellow, white, and black.

    珊瑚蛇。比较FALSE CORAL SNAKE

    Micrurus and other genera in the family Elapidae: numerous species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Eastern coral snake, itself highly venomous, is also easily avoided.
    • Probably I was at my greatest physical risk when I was bitten by a coral snake in Central America.
    • Cobras can cause local swelling, blistering, and necrosis; other Elapidae such as kraits, coral snakes, and Australian death adders produce negligible local envenoming.
    • Polypeptide neurotoxins act as competitive antagonists and include the venoms from snakes of the Elapidae (cobras, kraits, mambas, coral snakes, etc.) and Hydrophidae (sea snakes) families.
    • The image of a deadly coral snake came from a photograph Wynne found in the Museum of Natural History archives.
    • Of some 20 venomous snakes in the United States, all but coral snakes are pit vipers.
    • The striping recalls a coral snake in a highly stylized way.
    • Thus, several kinds of king snakes mimic the venomous coral snake's distinctive pattern of alternating red, black, and yellow or white bands.
    • A patient with suspected envenomation by the eastern coral snake needs immediate treatment with an appropriate antivenin, and necessary resuscitation measures should be implemented.
    • One exception is the Arizona coral snake, which is not associated with human fatality and for which no antivenin exists.
    • In just one of the many intensive educational programs at the American Museum of Natural History, college students this summer studied such creatures as Alabama coral snakes and Brazilian sea turtles.
    • Dogs bitten by any of Texas' dangerous snakes, including rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads and coral snakes, often suffer unnecessarily.
    • The coral snake's diet consists of small snakes, lizards, and amphibians.
    • ‘It's an Asian coral snake,’ crackled the radio voice.
    • The ruse works so successfully that some 30 other non-venomous snakes have mimicked the coral snake and share similar color patterns.
    • I've had tons of leeches, foot rot, botflies, and a bite from a coral snake that nearly killed me.
    • The venoms of coral snakes, exotic elapids and some Mojave rattlesnakes are neurotoxic and usually cause local numbness instead of pain and swelling, with the risk of cranial nerve palsies, respiratory paralysis, and death.
    • As a result, snake predators are genetically predisposed to avoid coral snakes, which thus affords mimics' protection, he explained.
    • Vipers, elapids (cobras, mambas, coral snakes and kraits) and a few other snakes have evolved venom as a way of capturing prey.
    • Rattler, a giant rattlesnake, was hiding amidst the skyscrapers with Yellowback, a giant coral snake.

Definition of coral snake in US English:

coral snake

nounˈkɔrəl ˌsneɪkˈkôrəl ˌsnāk
  • A brightly colored venomous snake of the cobra family, typically having conspicuous bands of red, yellow, white, and black.

    珊瑚蛇。比较FALSE CORAL SNAKE

    Micrurus and other genera in the family Elapidae: numerous species

    Compare with false coral snake
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The venoms of coral snakes, exotic elapids and some Mojave rattlesnakes are neurotoxic and usually cause local numbness instead of pain and swelling, with the risk of cranial nerve palsies, respiratory paralysis, and death.
    • ‘It's an Asian coral snake,’ crackled the radio voice.
    • Of some 20 venomous snakes in the United States, all but coral snakes are pit vipers.
    • Rattler, a giant rattlesnake, was hiding amidst the skyscrapers with Yellowback, a giant coral snake.
    • In just one of the many intensive educational programs at the American Museum of Natural History, college students this summer studied such creatures as Alabama coral snakes and Brazilian sea turtles.
    • I've had tons of leeches, foot rot, botflies, and a bite from a coral snake that nearly killed me.
    • Thus, several kinds of king snakes mimic the venomous coral snake's distinctive pattern of alternating red, black, and yellow or white bands.
    • Dogs bitten by any of Texas' dangerous snakes, including rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads and coral snakes, often suffer unnecessarily.
    • The striping recalls a coral snake in a highly stylized way.
    • Cobras can cause local swelling, blistering, and necrosis; other Elapidae such as kraits, coral snakes, and Australian death adders produce negligible local envenoming.
    • One exception is the Arizona coral snake, which is not associated with human fatality and for which no antivenin exists.
    • Polypeptide neurotoxins act as competitive antagonists and include the venoms from snakes of the Elapidae (cobras, kraits, mambas, coral snakes, etc.) and Hydrophidae (sea snakes) families.
    • The ruse works so successfully that some 30 other non-venomous snakes have mimicked the coral snake and share similar color patterns.
    • The coral snake's diet consists of small snakes, lizards, and amphibians.
    • Vipers, elapids (cobras, mambas, coral snakes and kraits) and a few other snakes have evolved venom as a way of capturing prey.
    • As a result, snake predators are genetically predisposed to avoid coral snakes, which thus affords mimics' protection, he explained.
    • The Eastern coral snake, itself highly venomous, is also easily avoided.
    • A patient with suspected envenomation by the eastern coral snake needs immediate treatment with an appropriate antivenin, and necessary resuscitation measures should be implemented.
    • The image of a deadly coral snake came from a photograph Wynne found in the Museum of Natural History archives.
    • Probably I was at my greatest physical risk when I was bitten by a coral snake in Central America.
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