English Explanatory Dictionary

fer-de-lance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.

Word forms

fer-de-lance fer-de-lances fers-de-lance

Etymology

Borrowed from French fer de lance (“spearhead”).

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