Definition of sagitta

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Sagitta (n.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.

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Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The keystone of an arch.
Sagittary :: Sagittary (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow..
Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal..
Rhabdoidal :: Rhabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.
Tanier :: Tanier (n.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies..
Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
Chaetognatha :: Chaetognatha (n. pl.) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head..
Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
Sagittal :: Sagittal (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..
Wapatoo :: Wapatoo (n.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.
Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..
Taro :: Taro (n.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries..
Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) 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..
Sagittary :: Sagittary (n.) The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod..
Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..
Bregma :: Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.
Rabdoidal :: Rabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.
Obelion :: Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
Arrowhead :: Arrowhead (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves..
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