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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The keystone of an arch.
2. 2
   any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta wordnet
3. 3
   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.
4. 4
   The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
5. 5
   Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

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