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Meanings of fer-de-lance in English

Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America.

        Usage of fer-de-lance in English
        1
        That's a fer-de-lance!' Apparently it's the second most dangerous snake in the Amazon, after the bushmaster.
        Full Circle
        2
        The fer-de-lance, so dreaded in Martinique, and the equally dangerous bushmaster of Guiana are included in this genus.
        Through the Brazilian Wilderness
        3
        It's the home of the fer-de-lance.
        Plotting in Pirate Seas
        4
        It may be the shortest route, indeed;-butthen, the fer-de-lance!...
        Two Years in the French West Indies
        5
        The fer-de-lance is the most dangerous: if you don't get anti-venom quickly you won't die, but you might lose a leg .
        The Irish Times
        6
        Down at bootlace level, a young fer-de-lance slithers over a knot of tree roots and conceals its deadly self beneath a mass of rotting leaves.
        BBC
        Fer-de-lance through the time