'Fer-de-lance' definitions:
Definition of 'fer-de-lance'
From: WordNet
noun
Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America [syn: fer-de-lance, Bothrops atrops]
Definition of 'Fer-de-lance'
From: 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]