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Webster 1913 Edition
Fer-de-lance
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Ferˊ-de-lance′
,Noun.
[F., the iron of a lance, lance head.]
(Zool.)
A large, venomous serpent (
Trigonocephalus lanceolatus
) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. Definition 2024
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See also: fer de lance
English
Noun
fer-de-lance (plural fer-de-lances)
- Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.