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fer-de-lance
<zoology> A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

Origin: F, the iron of a lance, lance head.

Source: Websters Dictionary