(n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
(n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chromosome studies of 1 species of Cariamidae and Sagittarius show great karyological differences and tend to dispel the suggestion of a possible relationship between the families.
(2) Burrows’ colleague Cecil Lewis, a former fighter pilot and author of Sagittarius Rising , gave a vivid account of its impact.
(3) Cecil Lewis, the first world war fighter pilot who wrote Sagittarius Rising, was its first organiser of programmes.
(4) It's a very specific late 60s that he evokes on his debut album, Cabinet of Curiosities: the ornate, lushly orchestrated, psych-inflected "soft rock" or "baroque pop" of British groups such as Nirvana and the Zombies, and American bands such as the Millennium and Sagittarius.
Toxotes
Definition:
(n.) A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new species studied are the goldeye (Hiodon alosoides), the yellow eel (Anguilla anguilla), the archer fish (Toxotes jaculatrix), the goldfish (Carassius auratus) and the burbot (Lota lota).
(2) The structure of the retinal pigment epithelium, choriocapillaris and Bruch's membrane has been studied by electron microscopy in the archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix.