Fer-de-Lance

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Fer-de-Lance is French for spearhead (literally "iron of the lance"), and may refer to:

Snakes:

  • Bothrops lanceolatus, the Martinique lancehead snake (some apply "fer-de-lance" to this species only)
  • B. caribbaeus, the Saint Lucia lancehead
  • B. atrox, the common lancehead, native to tropical South America east of the Andes and to Trinidad
  • B. asper, the terciopelo or Central American lancehead, native to Central and northwestern South America

Other:

  • Fer-de-Lance (novel), a 1934 Nero Wolfe series novel by Rex Stout
  • Fer-de-Lance (comics), Teresa Vasquez, a Marvel comics super-villain
  • Fer-de-Lance (film) a 1974 film starring David Janssen
  • A class of spaceship from the seminal 1984 computer game Elite
  • A sports car in the Xbox 360 game Saint's Row
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