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.] |
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Get bitten by a fer-de-lance snake and you're dead within half an hour if you don't get treatment.
KINGS OF THE JUNGLE; RECORD'S MAN JOINS REGIMENT IN TROPICAL HELLHOLE ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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