| 释义 | fer de lance/ˌfɛː də ˈlɑːns /noun (plural fers de lance pronounced same or fer de lances)A large and dangerous pit viper native to Central and South America.He also finds some of the rare and unique snakes in his journey, which includes eyelash viper, the fer de lance and the bushmaster....Genus Bothrops, family Viperidae: several species, in particular B. atrox.
 Later, there was a fight between a mongoose and a 6ft-long fer de lance.Some venom kills very rapidly, such as that of the golden fer-de-lance (Bothrops insularis) of Queimada Island, off the Brazilian coast.
OriginLate 19th century: from French, literally 'iron (head) of a lance'. |