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Bothrops

noun

fer-de-lance

• Syn: ↑genus Bothrops

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Crotalidae, ↑family Crotalidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑fer-de-lance, ↑Bothrops atrops

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\\ˈbōˈthräps\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from bothr- + -ops

: a genus of venomous pit vipers (family Crotalidae) including the fer-de-lance (B. atrox) and palm viper (B. nigroventris) of Central and So. America, their hemolytic venom causing the breakdown of blood cells and small blood vessels with consequent interstitial hemorrhage

Useful english dictionary. 2012.