sidewinder

A noun with two distinct meanings: a small, pale-colored desert rattlesnake of the southwestern United States that moves in an S-shaped curve, and an air-to-air missile equipped with an infrared homing device.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo con dos significados principales: una pequeña serpiente de cascabel pálida del desierto del suroeste de Estados Unidos que se desplaza con movimientos laterales en forma de S, y un misil aire-aire equipado con un buscador de calor por infrarrojos.

1. Desert rattlesnake B2 formal american scientific

   A small, pale-colored rattlesnake native to the deserts of the southwestern United States, known for its distinctive sidewinding locomotion.

   • The sidewinder moved across the sand in a series of S-shaped curves.
   • We spotted a sidewinder hiding under a rock in the Arizona desert.
   • Sidewinders are well-adapted to life in hot, sandy environments.

   🇪🇸Crótalo sidewinder

2. Air-to-air missile C1 formal technical

   A type of guided missile designed to be launched from an aircraft to destroy other aircraft, typically using infrared homing technology.

   • The fighter jet was equipped with two Sidewinder missiles.
   • The Sidewinder missile uses heat-seeking technology to track its target.
   • Pilots rely on Sidewinder missiles for close-range air combat.

   🇪🇸Misil Sidewinder

• sidewinders plural form
• sidewinders' possessive plural form
• sidewinder's possessive singular form