Sidewinder

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sidewinder \Side"wind`er\, n.
     1. (Zool.) See Horned rattler, under {Horned}.
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     2. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an
        adversary. [Slang.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Horned \Horned\, a.
     Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
     process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
     shaped like a horn.
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           The horned moon with one bright star
           Within the nether tip.                   --Coleridge.
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     {Horned bee} (Zool.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}),
        having two little horns on the head.
  
     {Horned dace} (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
        corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
        See Illust. of {Chub}.
  
     {Horned frog} (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
        ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
        arising from the eyelids.
  
     {Horned grebe} (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
        auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
        tufts of feathers on the head.
  
     {Horned horse} (Zool.), the gnu.
  
     {Horned lark} (Zool.), the shore lark.
  
     {Horned lizard} (Zool.), the horned toad.
  
     {Horned owl} (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
        Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
        feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
        known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
        owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
        regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
        {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
        {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.
  
     {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.
  
     {Horned pout} (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
        the bullpout.
  
     {Horned rattler} (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
        cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
        California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
        between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.
  
     {Horned ray} (Zool.), the sea devil.
  
     {Horned screamer} (Zool.), the kamichi.
  
     {Horned snake} (Zool.), the cerastes.
  
     {Horned toad} (Zool.), any lizard of the genus {Phrynosoma},
        of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
        several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
        body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
        sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
        also {horned lizard}.
  
     {Horned viper}. (Zool.) See {Cerastes}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sidewinder
       n 1: small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United
            States; body moves in an s-shaped curve [syn: {horned
            rattlesnake}, {Crotalus cerastes}]
       2: air-to-air missile with infrared homing device