| Sagitta | ‖n. [ L., an arrow. ] 1. (Astron.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Anat.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes. [ 1913 Webster ] 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 ] |
| Sagittal | a. [ L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Anat.) (a) 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. (b) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Sagittarius | ‖n. [ L., literally, an archer, fr. sagittarius belonging to an arrow, fr. sagitta an arrow. ] (Astron.) (a) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [ &sagittarius_; ] in almanacs; the Archer. (b) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sagittary | n. [ See Sagittarius. ] 1. (Myth.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sagittary | a. [ L. sagittarius. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sagittate | a. [ NL. sagittatus, fr. L. sagitta an arrow. ] Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sagittated | a. Sagittal; sagittate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 騎射宮 | [きしゃきゅう, kishakyuu] (n) (obsc) (See 人馬宮) Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer [Add to Longdo] |
| 慈姑 | [くわい;クワイ, kuwai ; kuwai] (n) (uk) Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead) [Add to Longdo] |
| 射手座;いて座 | [いてざ, iteza] (n) Sagittarius; the Archer (constellation) [Add to Longdo] |
| 人馬宮 | [じんばきゅう, jinbakyuu] (n) Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer [Add to Longdo] |
| 沢瀉;面高 | [おもだか;オモダカ, omodaka ; omodaka] (n) (uk) threeleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南斗 | [なんと, nanto] (n) (obsc) constellation in Sagittarius [Add to Longdo] |
| 南斗六星 | [なんとろくせい, nantorokusei] (n) Milk Dipper; southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius [Add to Longdo] |
| 臍回り | [へそまわり, hesomawari] (n) (uk) circumference of the navel; treasure trail; sagittal hair [Add to Longdo] |
