Sagitta

See also: sagitta

Translingual

Sagitta spp.

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (“arrow, arrowshaft, arrowhead (plant)”)

Proper noun

Sagitta f

A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittidae – typical marine arrow worms.
(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – the arrowheads or duck potatoes, now Sagittaria.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Chaetognatha - phylum; Sagittoidea - class; Aphragmophora - order; Ctinodontina - suborder; Sagittidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): For species see Sagitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Sagittidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sagitta (Animalia) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sagitta (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sagitta at World Register of Marine Species
Sagitta on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Sagitta at Encyclopedia of Life
Sagitta at National Center for Biotechnology Information

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

Proper noun

Sagitta

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

Derived terms

Sagittae

Translations

constellation

Finnish: Nuoli (fi)
French: Flèche (fr) f
German: Pfeil (de) m
Greek: Βέλος (el) n (Vélos)

Malay: Anak Panah
Polish: Strzała (pl) f
Russian: Стрела (ru) (Strela)
Spanish: Sagita

See also

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