Aq"ui*la (#), n; pl. Aquilae (#). [L., an eagle.]
1. Zool.
A genus of eagles.
2. Astron.
A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel.
Brande & C.
© Webster 1913.