FER DE LANCES
\fˈɜː də lˈansɪz], \fˈɜː də lˈansɪz], \f_ˈɜː d_ə l_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_z]\
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A genus of poisonous snakes of the VIPERIDAE family. About 50 species are known and all are found in tropical America and southern South America. Bothrops atrox is the fer-de-lance and B. jararaca is the jararaca. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p336)
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