Aquila

See also: aquila and Áquila

Translingual

Aquila rapax, the tawny eagle

From Latin aquila (“eagle”).

Aquila f

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae. Circumscription and placement of the genus will depend on taxonomic point of view.
The eagles belong to the genus Aquila.

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Aquilinae - subfamily

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Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

The constellation Aquila

From Latin aquila (“eagle”)

Aquila

(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), 2 Timothy 4:19:
  
  Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

constellation

Aquila m (genitive Aquilae); first declension

First declension.

Aquila in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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