Sagittarius
noun
uk/ˌsædʒ.ɪˈteə.ri.əs/us/ˌsædʒ.əˈter.i.əs/alargeconstellation(= agroupofstars)said tolooklike acentaur(=halfhuman,halfhorse)shootinganarrow:
Theplanetorbitsareddwarfstarin Sagittarius.
[CorU]
the ninthsignof thezodiac,relatingto theperiod22Novemberto 22Decemberrepresentedby acentaurshootinganarrow, or apersonbornduring thisperiod:
He wasbornunder thesignof Sagittarius.
Myhusbandis a Sagittarius.
- In A. D. 386,Chineseastronomersnoticeda newstarin theregionnowknownas theconstellationSagittarius.
- alargecloudofgasanddustsome 26,000 light-years away in anareaknownas Sagittarius B2
- Sagittarius is afiresign.
- Would you say you're atypicalSagittarius?
Astronomy
- albedo
- Andromeda
- Aquarius
- Aries
- asteroid
- full moon
- galactic
- galaxy
- Gemini
- geostationary orbit
- observatory
- orbit
- orbital
- penumbra
- phase
- substellar
- sunspot
- supergiant
- supermassive
- supermoon
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Signs of the zodiac
Sagittarian
noun[C],adjectiveuk/ˌsædʒ.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/ˌsædʒ.əˈter.i.ən/