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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sagitta \sagit"ta\, n. l., an arrow.
1. astron. a small constellation north of aquila; the
arrow.
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2. arch. the keystone of an arch. r. --gwilt.
1913 webster
3. geom. 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.
obs.
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4. anat. the larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones,
found in most fishes.
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5. zool. 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.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sagitta
n 1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between
cygnus and aquila and crossed by the milky way
2: any arrowworm of the genus sagitta
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