harlequin snake

noun

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States.

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Meanings

nounharlequin snake (plural harlequin snakes)

plural harlequin snakes

  1. Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States.
  2. Micrurus fulvius, the eastern coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the eastern United States.
  3. Micrurus tener, the Texas coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the southern United States and northern/central Mexico.
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Chicago

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