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aquila
/ˈækwələ/
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What does aquila mean?
proper noun
- A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
- An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
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“The blessed Mezzocane, Abbot of Aquila, wished to be buried beneath the gallows; this was done.”
Even with the rare golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Mr. Birkbeck was assured by a trustworthy gamekeeper in Scotland, that if one is killed, another is soon found.
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I had also paper, parchment, chapmen's books, etc. One Whitemash, a compositor I had known in London, an excellent workman, now came to me, and work'd with me constantly and diligently; and I took an apprentice, the son of Aquila Rose.