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FER-DE-LANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fer-de-lance mean?
• FER-DE-LANCE (noun)
The noun FER-DE-LANCE has 1 sense:
1. large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Familiarity information: FER-DE-LANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bothrops atrops; fer-de-lance
Hypernyms ("fer-de-lance" is a kind of...):
pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)
Holonyms ("fer-de-lance" is a member of...):
Bothrops; genus Bothrops (fer-de-lance)
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