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Meanings of
fer-de-lance
in English
Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America.
Bothrops atrops
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.
2
The
fer-de-lance
,
so dreaded in Martinique, and the equally dangerous bushmaster of Guiana are included in this genus.
3
It's the home of the
fer-de-lance
.
4
It may be the shortest route, indeed;-butthen, the
fer-de-lance
!...
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 .
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.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Fer-de-lance
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