Definition of Micrurus

1. Noun. Coral snakes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Micrurus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus Fulvius

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micrurus

Microsporum nanum
Microsporum persicolor
Microsporum vanbreuseghemi
Microstomus
Microstomus kitt
Microstrobos
Microstrobos niphophilus
Microtrombidium
Microtus
Microtus ochrogaster
Microtus pennsylvaticus
Microtus richardsoni
Microviridae
Micruroides
Micruroides euryxanthus
Micrurus (current term)
Micrurus fulvius
Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic states
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festivals
Mid-Lent Sunday
MidLent Sunday
Mid East
Midas
Midas touch
Middle-earth
Middle Ages
Middle Armenian
Middle Breton

Literary usage of Micrurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(2) Micrurus, Wagl. Elaps with a very short tail. PLATURUS, Lat. The head enveloped with plates, and double ones under the tail} the latter, however, ..."

2. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1881)
"O. cataractes has 15 body segments, O. micrurus 1-1. ... much like that of O. micrurus, but the lower glabella furrows pass quite across. ..."

3. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"ELAPIDAE (FAMILY) Micrurus (GENUS) WAGLER in Spix, Serp. ... Micrurus fulvius (LINNE) Coluber fulvius LINNE Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 381. ..."

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