1) Snake genus 2) Venomous-snake genus 
• (n.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.
E'laps noun [ New Latin , of uncertain origin.] (Zoology) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake , under Coral . 
Elaps is a genus of poisonous snakes, the type of the family Elapidae, to which belongs the cobra di capello.