fer-de-lance

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fer-de-lance has 1 sense

fer-de-lance(n = noun.animal) bothrops atrops - large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America; Array

is a kind of pit viper

is a member of bothrops, genus bothrops

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fer-de-lance, n. [F., the iron of a lance, lance head.].

A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus<-- now Bothrops atrox-->) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. [1913 Webster]

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