Sa·git·ta

(sə-jĭt′ə)

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula.

[Latin sagitta, arrow.]

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Sagitta

(səˈɡɪtə)

n, Latin genitive Sagittae (səˈɡɪtiː)

(Astronomy) a small constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way

[C16: 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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