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Sagitta
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sagitta
Translingual
<dab!>
thumb|160px|Sagitta spp.
Etymology
From mul la sagitta arrow, arrowshaft, arrowhead (plant).
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Sagittidae family typical marine arrow worms
mul obsolete genus family Alismataceae arrowheads or duck potatoes, now Sagittaria
Hypernyms
genus in Sagittidae
Hyponyms
genus in Sagittidae Sagitta bipunctata species, Sagitta bombayensis species, Sagitta helenae species accepted species
References
Sagittidae
Sagitta (Animalia) Sagitta (Animalia)
Sagitta (genus) Sagitta (genus)
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mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)
English
Etymology
Borrowing from en la Sagitta the Arrow, from la sagitta an arrow, shaft, bolt.
Pronunciation
en /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/ /səˈɡɪt.ə/ RP
en /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/ GA
en ɪtə 3
Proper noun
en constellation A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.
Translations
constellation
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 天箭座
Esperanto: eo Sago
Finnish: fi Nuoli
French: fr Flèche f
German: de Pfeil m
Greek: el Βέλος n
Irish: ga Saighead f an tSaighead
Malay: ms Anak Panah
Polish: pl Strzała f
Russian: ru Стрела
Spanish: es Sagita
See also
en Sagittarius
References
Latin
Etymology
From la sagitta an arrow, shaft, bolt.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sagitta<1>
la constellation the Arrow, Sagitta
la
Inflection
Sagitta<1>
Descendants
en Sagitta 1
Proper noun
Sagitta<1> m
A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
Octavius Sagitta, a Roman tribune
la
Inflection
Sagitta<1>
References
la cognomina