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- English Word Sagitta Definition 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.
- English Word Sagitta Definition The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
- English Word Sagitta Definition The keystone of an arch.
- English Word Sagitta Definition A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
- English Word Sagittal Definition Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
- English Word Sagittal Definition Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.
- English Word Sagittal Definition In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
- English Word Sagittarius Definition The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
- English Word Sagittarius Definition A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
- English Word Sagittary Definition A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
- English Word Sagittary Definition The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
- English Word Sagittary Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.
- English Word Sagittate Definition Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.
- English Word Sagittated Definition Sagittal; sagittate.
- English Word Sagittocyst Definition A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
- English Word Sago Definition A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
- English Word Sagoin Definition A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.
- English Word Sagum Definition The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
- English Word Sagus Definition A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.
- English Word Sagy Definition Full of sage; seasoned with sage.