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SAGITTARIUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Sagittariidae
Synonyms:
genus Sagittarius; Sagittarius
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sagittarius" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Sagittarius"):
Sagittarius serpentarius; secretary bird (large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles)
Holonyms ("Sagittarius" is a member of...):
family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21
Synonyms:
Archer; Sagittarius; Sagittarius the Archer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Holonyms ("Sagittarius" is a part of...):
zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius
Synonyms:
Archer; Sagittarius
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sagittarius" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Context examples:
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is bustling with young and old stars, smaller black holes and other varieties of stellar corpses — all swarming around a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*.
(NASA's NuSTAR Captures Possible 'Screams' from Zombie Stars, NASA)
The research team used SOFIA's airborne telescope and the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope, to take detailed infrared images of an interstellar dust cloud known as Supernova Remnant Sagittarius A East.
(Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation, NASA)
The new moon in Sagittarius at four degrees will arrive on November 26, influencing the ten days that follow that date.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Dubbed Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short), the gravity- and light-sucking monster weighs as much as four million Suns.
(Astronomers Piece Together First Image of Black Hole, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Jupiter has been in Sagittarius a full year, but alas, now he is about to depart.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Jupiter is now in the fellow-fire sign of Sagittarius, another plus for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You’ve had Mars in Sagittarius (partnerships) since January 3.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If so, that’s the perfect way to deal with Mars in Sagittarius.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Later in the month, November 22, the Sun will move into Sagittarius, and life will seem smoother and easier to navigate.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Jupiter, the great good fortune planet, will leave fire-sign Sagittarius next month on December 2, when it enters Capricorn for the first time in 12 years.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
