Sa·git·ta (s -j t )n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula. [Latin, sagitta, arrow.] |
Sagitta [səˈgɪtə]
n Latin genitive Sagittae [səˈgɪtiː]
(Astronomy) a small constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
[from Latin, literally: an arrow]
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| Noun | 1. | Sagitta - a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way |
| 2. | sagitta - any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta arrowworm, chaetognath - any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth genus Sagitta - chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms |
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