Etymology

fer-de-lance

Today it means: Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops. Full definition →

French fer de lance
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  1. French · borrowed fromfer de lance“spearhead”
  2. English todayfer-de-lance

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

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