fer-de-lance

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fer-de-lance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fer-de-lance \Fer`-de-lance"\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]

fer-de-lance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fer-de-lance
      n 1: large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and
           South America [syn: fer-de-lance, Bothrops atrops]