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Sa⋅git⋅ta

[suh-jit-uh]
–noun, genitive -git⋅tae [-jit-ee] . Astronomy.
the Arrow, a northern constellation between Aquila and Cygnus.

Origin:
1695–1705; < L: arrow
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Sa·git·ta   (sə-jĭt'ə)   
n.  A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula.

[Latin, sagitta, arrow.]
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