Sidewinders

noun

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.