Fer-de-lance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fer-de-lance \Fer`-de-lance"\, n. [F., the iron of a lance,
     lance head.] (Zool.)
     A large, venomous serpent ({Trigonocephalus lanceolatus}) of
     Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake,
     but has no rattle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fer-de-lance
       n : large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and
           South America [syn: {Bothrops atrops}]