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A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
The keystone of an arch.
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.
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any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: arrowworm, chaetognath
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a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: constellation
History
Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).
Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).
Across languages
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