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fer-de-lance
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fer-de-lance, n. [F., the iron of a lance, lance head.].
A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus <-- now Bothrops atrox-->) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. [1913 Webster]
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