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sidewinder
noun side·wind·er \ˈsīd-ˌwīn-dər\
Definition of SIDEWINDER
1
: a heavy swinging blow from the side
2
: a small pale-colored desert rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of the southwestern United States that moves by thrusting its body diagonally forward in a series of flat S-shaped curves
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1840
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sidewinder
noun side·wind·er \ˈsīd-ˌwīnd-ər\
Medical Definition of SIDEWINDER
: a small pale-colored rattlesnake of the genus Crotalus (C. cerastes) of the southwestern United States that moves by thrusting its body diagonally forward in a series of S-shaped curves—called also horned rattlesnake
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