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fer-de-lance
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fer-de-lance  (frdl-ns, -äns)
n. pl. fer-de-lance
A venomous tropical American pit viper (Bothrops atrox) having brown and grayish markings.
[French, from fer de lance, spearhead : fer, iron + de, of + lance, spear.]
fer-de-lance [ˌfɛədəˈlɑːns]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large highly venomous tropical American snake, Trimeresurus (or Bothops) atrox, with a greyish-brown mottled coloration: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
[from French, literally: iron (head) of a lance]
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Noun1.fer-de-lance - large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South Americafer-de-lance - large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Bothrops atrops
pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
Bothrops, genus Bothrops - fer-de-lance
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