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fer-de-lance
/
ˌfɛr
dlˈæns
,
-ˈɑns
/
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[
fer-dl-
ans
,
-
ahns
]
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noun
a large pit viper,
Bothrops atrox,
of tropical America.
Origin:
1875–80;
<
French:
literally, spearhead
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fer-de-lance
(ˌfɛədəˈlɑːns)
—
n
a large highly venomous tropical American snake,
Trimeresurus
(or
Bothops
)
atrox
, with a greyish-brown mottled coloration: family
Crotalidae
(pit vipers)
[C19: from French, literally: iron (head) of a lance]
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2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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