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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

• FER-DE-LANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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