Sagitta

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

Sagitta f

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

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

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

• 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

Borrowed from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

Sagitta

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

• Sagittae

• Sagittaria
• Sagittarius

From sagitta (“arrow”).

(Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈɡit.ta/, [saˈɡɪt.ta]

Sagitta m (genitive Sagittae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Octavius Sagitta, a Roman tribune

First declension.

• Sagitta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette