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fer-de-lance

fer-de-lance noun: bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.

fer-de-lance: bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops
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Noun

fer-de-lance (plural fer-de-lances or fers-de-lance)

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

Forms of fer-de-lance

pluralfer-de-lances
pluralfers-de-lance

Origin of fer-de-lance

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

Questions about fer-de-lance

What does fer-de-lance mean?
Fer-de-lance means bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
What part of speech is fer-de-lance?
Fer-de-lance is a noun.
What is the plural of fer-de-lance?
The plural of fer-de-lance is fer-de-lances.

Words near fer-de-lance in the dictionary

  1. FEPs
  2. feqh
  3. fer
  4. fer instance
  5. fer instances
  6. fer-de-lance
  7. fer-de-lances
  8. fer-de-moline
  9. fer-instance
  10. fer-instances
  11. FERA

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