sagittary
/S AE1 JH AH0 T ER0 IY0/noun
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(heraldry, often capitalized) A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
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(archaic) A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
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(archaic) An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.
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(astronomy) Obsolete form of Sagittarius. [(astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki.]
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