Fer-de-lance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
  2. 2
    large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America wordnet

Synonyms

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bothrops atropssnake

Etymology

Borrowed from French fer de lance (“spearhead”).

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