sagitta
The keystone of an arch.
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.

sagittae
plural of sagitta

sagittas
plural of sagitta

sagoin
A marmoset, especially of the genus Callithrix.

sagoins
plural of sagoin

sagouin
Alternative form of sagoin (“marmoset”).

sagouins
plural of sagouin

saguin
Alternative form of sagoin (“marmoset”).

saguins
plural of saguin

sagum
A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.

sagums
plural of sagum

sailfin
A saillike dorsal fin.
Any organism having such a fin, such as a mollie (Poecilia latipinna) or a lizard of the genus Hydrosaurus.

sailfin cardinalfish
Quinca mirifica, a species of Australian ray-finned fish.

sailfin lizard
Any lizard in the genus Hydrosaurus

sailfin sandfish
A fish, Arctoscopus japonicus.

sailfins
plural of sailfin

saithe
The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens).

saithes
plural of saithe

sakabula
Long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne), a bird native to southern Africa.

sakabulas
plural of sakabula

sakia
A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter.

sakias
plural of sakia

sakieh
Alternative spelling of sakia.

sakiehs
plural of sakieh

sakiyeh
Alternative spelling of sakia.

sakiyehs
plural of sakiyeh

salabhasana
The locust pose, a back-bending yoga asana.

salamanderfish
Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, a small fish of Western Australia.
Any member of the class Dipnoi of lungfish.

salamanderfishes
plural of salamanderfish

salangid
Any member of the family Salangidae of icefishes and noodlefishes.

salangids
plural of salangid

salannin
An insecticidal limonoid

saldid
Any member of the family Saldidae, the shore bugs.

saldids
plural of saldid

salegoer
Alternative form of sale-goer.

salegoers
plural of salegoer

salema
A seabream, Sarpa salpa.

salemas
plural of salema

salempenta
Archaic spelling of salipenter.

salempentas
plural of salempenta

salesyard
Alternative form of saleyard.

saleyard
A yard where livestock is sold.

saleyards
plural of saleyard

salina
A salt marsh, or salt pond, enclosed from the sea.

salinas
plural of salina

salipenter
A tegu lizard (genus Tupinambis), especially the gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin).

salipenters
plural of salipenter

salivaria
plural of salivarium

salivarium
A small pocket, inside the oral cavity of an insect, which contains the opening of the salivary duct

sallenders
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse.

salmin
Alternative form of salmine.

salmine
A protamine found in salmon.

salmon and trout
snout: tobacco or cigarettes.

salmon killer
A kind of stickleback.

salmon peel
A young salmon.

salmon trout
rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

salmonburger
A burger made with salmon instead of beef.

salmonburgers
plural of salmonburger

salootree
A native Indian farrier or horse-doctor.

salootrees
plural of salootree

salp
Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae.

salpa
Alternative form of salp.

salpae
plural of salpa

salpas
plural of salpa

salpian
A salp.

salpians
plural of salpian

salpid
Any member of the family Salpidae of salps.

salpids
plural of salpid

salpingogram
An X-ray image taken during salpingography

salpingograms
plural of salpingogram

salpingography
X-ray examination of the oviducts

salps
plural of salp

salsatheques
plural of salsatheque

saltasaurid
Any dinosaur in the family Saltasauridae.

saltasaurids
plural of saltasaurid

salter
One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
A trout leaving salt water to ascend a stream.

salters
plural of salter

saltfish
salt cod: dried and salted cod.

saltfishes
plural of saltfish

salticid
jumping spider

salticids
plural of salticid

saltie
A saltwater crocodile.
An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The saltwater fluke or dab.

salties
plural of saltie

saltopus
A small carnivorous dinosaur, Saltopus elginensis, which lived during the upper Triassic era.

saltopuses
plural of saltopus

saltwater crocodile
A very large aquatic carnivorous crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), from Australia and South-East Asia

salutree
Alternative form of salootree.

salutrees
plural of salutree

salvator
A savior.

salvators
plural of salvator

samarid
Any member of the family Samaridae of certain flatfishes.

samarids
plural of samarid

sambadrome
In Brazil, a building or place where samba schools parade during the period of Carnival.

sambadromes
plural of sambadrome

sambo
A sandwich.

samboe
Alternative form of Sambo (“person who is three-quarters black”).

samboes
plural of samboe

sambos
plural of sambo

samoid
Any member of the family Samoidae of harvestmen.

samoids
plural of samoid

samoyeds
plural of samoyed

samson fish
An Australian kingfish (Seriola hippos)

samsonfish
Alternative form of samson fish.

samsquanch
A sasquatch.

samsquanches
plural of samsquanch

samsum
Any of certain black ants in species Pachycondyla sennaarensis (syn. Brachyponera sennaarensis)

sancta
plural of sanctum

sanctum
A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.

sanctums
plural of sanctum

sand bass
Synonym of white bass

sand boa
Any of a number of snakes in subfamily Erycinae: genera Charina, Eryx, and Gongylophis.

sand dab
Any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.

sand darters
plural of sand darter

sand diver
A fish, the sand darter.

sand eel
Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.

sand flounder
Any of the family Paralichthyidae of flounders.

sand flounders
plural of sand flounder

sand lance
Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.

sand lances
plural of sand lance

sand lizard
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
Any of many species of lizards found in sandy environments

sand lizards
plural of sand lizard

sand perch
Alternative form of sandperch (Pinguipedidae)
Any fish of other species:
Any fish of other species:
Any fish of other species:

sand skink
A lizard of species Plestiodon reynoldsi, endemic to Florida.
An ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus), found in sandy places in southern Europe.

sand smelt
Any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
Other similar fish:
Other similar fish:

sand snake
Any snake in the genus Psammophis
Any of a number of other snakes found in sandy areas

sand viper
Any of various snakes:
Any of various snakes:
Any of various snakes:

sand whiting
A fish of species Sillago ciliata, found in tidal waters off Australia.

sand-pride
Any of species Lampetra fluviatilis (syns. Petromyzon branchialis, Ammocaetes branchialis) of lampreys found in the rivers of Britain.

sandbird
A sandpiper.
A shorebird.

sandbirds
plural of sandbird

sanddab
Alternative spelling of sand dab.

sanddabs
plural of sanddab

sandeel
Alternative form of sand eel.

sandeels
plural of sandeel

sander
A person employed to sand wood.
A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.