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SAGITTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sagitta" is a kind of...):
arrowworm; chaetognath (any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth)
Holonyms ("sagitta" is a member of...):
genus Sagitta (chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
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