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sidewinder

noun

Meaning

  1. A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
  2. A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous.
  3. A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
  4. A pitcher who throws sidearm.
  5. A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

horned rattlesnake(English)crotalus cerastes(English)viper(English)serpent(English)affected(English)horned viper(English)sand viper(English)ribbon snake(English)cerastes(English)diamondback(English)tonite(English)cottonmouth(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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