sidewinder

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

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.]
    

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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