Sidewinder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the southwest United States and Mexico that moves by a distinctive lateral looping motion of its body and has two hornlike scaly projections above its eyes.
  • n. A powerful swinging punch delivered from the side.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
  • n. A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
  • n. A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See Horned rattler, under horned.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The small horned rattler or rattlesnake of the southwestern parts of the United States, Crotalus (Æchmophrys) cerastes.
  • n. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
  • n. In lumbering, a tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
  • n. air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rattler    rattlesnake    missile   
    Variant
    horned   
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