sagittal 
taming to the sagittal suture, (b) Lying in or 
parallel to the plane of that suture: in this 
sense opposed to coronal. sagittal axis of the 
cerebrum, a sagittal line passing through the renter of 
the cerebrum. Sagittal crest fee crest. Sagittal 
fissure, the great longitudinal interhemicerebral fissure 
of the brain, which separates the right and left cerebral 
hemispheres. Sagittal groove or furrow, the groove 
for the superior longitudinal sinus. Sagittal line, the 
Intel-section of any sagittal with any horizontal plane. 
Sagittal plane, the median plane of the body, which is 
the plane of the sagittal suture, or any plane parallel to 
that plane. Sagittal section, a section made in a sagit- 
tal plane. Sagittal semicircular canal, the poste- 
rior semicircular canal. See cut under earl. Sagittal 
sinus. Same as superior longitudinal sinus (which see, 
under sinus). Sagittal suture, the suture between 
the two parietal bones ; the rhabdoidal or interparietal 
suture. See cut under cranium . Sagittal triradiate. 
See triradiate. 
sagittally (saj'i-tal-i), adc. [< sagittal + -?.i/ 2 .] 
In anat., so as to be sagittal in shape, situa- 
tion, or direction. B. G. Wilder. 
Sagittaria (saj-i-ta'ri-a), a. [NL. (Linnaeus, 
1737), fern, of L. Sagittarius, pertaining to an 
arrow: see sagittary.] A genus of monocoty- 
ledonous plants of the order Alismaeese and 
tribe Alismex. It is characterized by unisexual flow- 
ers, commonly three in a whorl, and by very numerous 
broad and com- 
Sressed carpels 
ensely crowded on 
large globular or 
oblong receptacles. 
There are about 15 
species, natives of 
temperate and trop- 
ical regions, grow- 
ing In marshes, In 
ditches, and on the 
margins of streams. 
They are generally 
erect stemless per- 
ennials, with ar- 
row-shaped, lanceo- 
late, or elliptical 
leaves rising well 
above the water on 
long thick stalks. 
The flowers arc 
spiked or panicled, 
each with three 
conspicuous white 
petals and three 
smaller green se- 
pals, and usually 
numerous stamens. 
The general name 
for the species is arrow-head, but the fine South American 
species, S. Monteeidfivsis, is called arrmHeaf. The most 
common American species is 5. variabili*, whose leaves 
are extremely various in form. The tubers of this are 
used for food by the Indians of the Northwest, as are those 
of S. Chinensis in China, where it is cultivated for the pur- 
pose. S. sagittifolia is the European species, which with 
S. variabtti* is worthy of culture in artificial water. 
Sagittariidae (saj'i-ta-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Sagittaria + -idee.'] The most unusual name 
of the secretary-birds or serpent-eaters, a fam- 
ily of African Baptorcs, commonly called Gypo- 
geranida or Serpentariidx. 
Sagittarius (saj-i-ta'ri-us), n . [< L. Sagittarius. 
an archer: see sagittary.'] 1. A southern zodi- 
acal constellation and sign, the Archer, rep- 
F lowering Plant of Arrow-head (Sagfttarfi 
variabflis). 
a, a male flower; b, the fruit; i, a nut. 
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sagittary (saj'i-ta-ri), n. and ii. [= OF. mii/i- 
taire, sagetaire, F. gagittaire = Sp. Pg. sagitarin 
= It. sagittario, one of the zodiacal signs, < 
L. Sagittarius, pertaining to arrows, as a noun 
an archer, an arrowsmith, the constellation of 
the Archer, < sngitta, an arrow: see sagittn."] 
I. a. Pertaining to an arrow or to archery. 
With such differences of reeds, vallatory, saffittary. 
scriptory, and others, they might be furnished in Judsea. 
fUr T. Krmme, Misc. Tracts, i. 
II, .; pi. sagittaries (-riz). 1. [cap.'] The 
constellation Sagittarius. 2. A centaur; spe- 
cifically leap.'], a centaur fabled to have been 
in the Trojan army. 
Also in our lande been ye Sagtttary, the whyche ben fro 
the myclclel vpward lyke men, and fro ye niyddcl donwarde 
ben they lyke the halfe neder parte of an horse, and they 
here bowes and arowes. 
R. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. xxxiii.). 
The dreadful SagiUarij 
Appals our numbers. Shale., T. and C., v. fi. 14. 
3. In Miil., an arrow-worm or sagitta. 
sagittate (saj'i-tat),. [< NL.safiittatus, formed 
like an arrow (cf. L. satjittare, 
Ihk ^A pp. sagittatus, shoot with an ar- 
Ela| row), < L. sagitta, an arrow: see 
sagitta."] 1. Shaped like the head 
I of an arrow; sagittal; specifical- 
' ly, in bot., triangular, with a 
/ "^i& deep sinus at the base, the lobes 
f ^H not pointing outward. Compare 
^^ liustate. See also cut under .So- 
flittaria. 2. In entom., having 
the form of a barbed arrow-head. 
Sagittate spots, on the wings of a 
noctuid moth, arrow-shaped marks with 
their points turned Inward, between the posterior trans 
verse line and the undulate subtenufnal line. 
sagittated (saj'i-ta-ted), a. [< sagittate + -erf 2 .] 
In zool., sagittate; shaped like an arrow or an 
arrow-head: specifically noting certain deca- 
cerous cephalopoda: as, the nagittated calama- 
ries or squids. 
Sagittidse (sa-jit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Sagitta 
+ -fete.] A family of worms, typified by the 
genus Sagitta, and the only one of the order 
Chfetognatha and class Aphanozoa. They are 
small marine creatures, from half an inch to an inch long, 
transparent, unsegmented, without parapodia, with cbiti- 
nous processes which serve as jaws, and with lateral cu- 
ticular processes. The structure is anomalous, and the 
SagiUidst! were variously considered as mollusks, annelids, 
and nematoids before an order was Instituted for their re 
ception. See cut under Sagitta. 
Sagittilingual (saj*i-ti-ling'gwal), . [< L. 
sagitta, an arrow, + lingua, the tongue: see 
lingual.'] Having a long slender cylindrical 
saguin 
converted into pearl-sago. This is tin- ordinary granulated 
sago of the market, consisting of fine pearly grains, brown- 
ish or sometimes bleached white, prepared by making the 
meal into a paste and pressing this through a sieve. 
Japan sago, a farinaceous material derived from different 
species of Cj/eait. Pearl sago. Sec pearl-sago. Port- 
land sago, a delicate and nutritious farina extracted from 
the conn or tuber of the European wake-robin, Arum nun- 
idatum. It was formerly prepared in considerable quan- 
tity in the Isle of Portland, England. Also called Porf- 
land arrotimiit. Sago-meal, sago In a line powder. 
Wild sago, /.(tuna WUffiifdtta (Z.pumtta) of Jamaica and 
Florida, whose stem furnishes a sago-starch or arrowroot. 
See coontie. 
sagoin, sagouin, . (Same as gaguin. 
sago-palm (sa'gd-pam), . .Either of the two 
palms Mcti'ti.i- 
i/liin ten's and 
M. Sumjiliii. 
v,, 'SBMi.lJMKiy .iXtif See Metroxylon 
and sago, other 
palms yielding 
sago are the Phoe- 
nix farinifera in 
Singapore, the ge 
Sagittate Leaf 
or Calla I.ily 
(Rirkar<liaA/ri- 
rarta). 
The Constellation Sagittarius. 
resenting a centaur (originally doubtless some 
Babylonian divinity) drawing a bow. The con- 
stellation is situated east of Scorpio, and is, especially in 
the latitudes of the southern United States, a prominent 
object on summer evenings. The symbol of the constel- 
lation J shows the Archer's arrow and part of the bow. 
2. In her., the representation of a centaur car- 
rying a bow and arrow. 3. [NL. (Vosmaer. 
1769).] The typical genus of Sagittariidse : so 
called, it is said, from the arrowy crest; the 
secretary-birds. This is the earliest name of the ge- 
nus, which Is also known as Serpentarius (Cuvier, 1798), 
Secretarim (Daudin, 1800), usually Qypogeranus (lUir/er, 
1811), and Ophiotheres (Vieittot, 1818); but Vosmaer does 
not appear to have used it as a technical New Latin desig- 
nation, though it has often been taken as such by subse- 
quent writers, following H. E. Strickland. See cuts un- 
der dennoffiuitlimtx and /secretary bird. 
SajfittilinguaL Anterior Part of Tongue of Woodpecker (Hvloto- 
mMt pfteatMS). (About twice natural size.) 
tongue barbed at the end and capable of being 
thrust out like an arrow, as a woodpecker; be- 
longing to the Sagittilingues. 
Sagittilinguest (saj' / i-ti-ling'gwez),w.p7. [NL. : 
see sagitttlingiial."] In Illigers system of clas- 
sification (1811), the woodpeckers. See Picidee. 
sagittocyst (saj'i-to-sist), . [< L. sagitta, an 
arrow, + Gr. Kror/c. bladder: see eyst.~] One of 
the cutaneous cells of turbellarian worms, con- 
taining rhabdites. 
Sagmarius (sag-ma'ri-us), n. [NL.. < L. sag- 
inariux, of or pertaining to a pack-saddle, < say- 
ma, < Gr. aayua, a pack-saddle (> NL. Sagma, a 
star so called): see ew?.] The constellation 
Pegasus, in which the star Sagma is seen. 
sagmatorhine (sag-mat 'o-rin), a, [< NL. Sag- 
matorrliina (Bonaparte, 1851) (< Gr. aaypa (<ra;- 
fiar-), a saddle, + f>i( (piv-), the nose), a sup- 
posed genus of Alcidee, based on the tufted puf- 
fin, Lunda cirrata, when the horny covering of 
the bill had been molted, leaving a saddle- 
shaped soft skin over the nostrils.] Saddle- 
nosed, as an auk. 
sago (sa'go), . [= F. sagou = Sp. sagu, saf/iii = 
Pg. sagu = It. gaga = D. G. Dan. Sw. sago (NL. 
sagus), Hind, sagu (sdgu-ddna sdbuddnd), sago, 
< Malay sagu, sdgii, sago, the farinaceous and 
glutinous pith of a tree of the palm kind named 
rii nib! ya.~] An amylaceous food derived from 
the soft spongy interior, the so-called "pith," 
of the trunks of various palms. (See sago-palm. ) 
The tree, which in the case of the proper sago-palms 
naturally flowers but once, is felled when just ready to 
flower, the trunk cut in pieces, the pith-like matter sepa- 
rated, and the starch washed from it. After due settling, 
the water is drained off, and the deposited starch may be 
caked, as it is for native use, or dried into a meal which is 
Sago-palm (Metroxylon /jrvii). a, the fruit. 
bang-palm, Corypha Oebanga, in Java, the jaggery palm or 
bastard sago, Caryota men*, in Mysore, and the palmyra 
and the areng or gomutl elsewhere in India. Species of 
Cycag are also called gayo-palm. See Cyeag. 
sago-plant (sa'go-plant), n. Arum maculutum. 
See Portland sago, under sago. 
sago-spleen (sa'go-splen), . A spleen in 
which the Malpignian corpuscles are enlarged 
and lardaceous, presenting the appearance of 
boiled sago. 
Sagra (sa/grS), . [NL. (Fabricius, 1792).] A 
genus of phytophagous beetles of the family 
Cttrysomelidx, giving name to the Sagridte. 
The species inhabit tropical parts of the Old World ; they 
are of brilliant colors, and have highly developed hind 
legs, whence they have received the name of kangaroo- 
btrllt*. 
Sagridse (sag'ri-de), i. pi. [NL., < Sagra + 
-ma?.] A family of Coleoptera, typified by the 
genus Sagra. It is now merged in the Chryso- 
nielidx. 
saguaro (sa-gwar'6), H. [Also, corruptly, SM- 
irarroic; Mex. or Amer. Ind.] The giant cac- 
tus, Cereus gigantens, a columnar species from 
25 to over 50 feet high, growing on stony 
mesas and low hills in Arizona and adjacent 
parts of Mexico. The wood of the large strong ribs 
is light and soft, solid, and susceptible of a beautiful pol- 
ish, and is indestructible in contact with the soil. It is 
used by the Indians for lances and bows, and by the set- 
tlers for rafters of adobe houses, fencing, etc. The edible 
fruit is largely collected and dried by the Indians. Sa- 
guaro woodpecker, Centitrus urttpygialte, the Gila wood- 
pecker : so called from its nesting in the giant cactuses. 
It is abundant in the valley of the Gila and the lower Colo- 
rado river, and is a near relative of the red-bellied wood- 
pecker, C. carolinus. See cut under pitahaya. 
saguin (sag 'win), H. [Also sagoin, sayoiiin, 
sanglain, saglin; = F. sagouin, said to be < Braz. 
sahui, native name near Bahia.] A South 
American monkey of the genus Callitlirix. 
s.t.^uin 
ptrsonatits 
= Syn. Satfuin, sajou, sui, saimiri, sapajou. These are all 
native names of South American monkeys, now become in- 
extricably confounded by the different usages of authors, 
if indeed they hail originally specific meanings. Sai is the 
