Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AQ'UI-LA
AQ'UI-LA, n. [L. whence aquilinus; from the Oriental עקל, to be crooked. This fowl is probably named from its curving beak.]
In ornithology, the eagle. Also, a northern constellation containing, according to the British catalogue, 71 stars. – Encyc.
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