Sagitta Synonyms & Definitions

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• SagittaDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The keystone of an arch.
2. (n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
3. (n.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
4. (n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
5. (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.

• SagittateDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

• SagittariusDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
2. (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.