a small northern constellation (the Eagle), said to represent the eagle that carried Ganymede to Olympus. It contains the bright star Altair, and some rich star fields of the Milky Way.
(as genitive Aquilae /ˈakwɪliː, əˈkwɪliː, -lʌɪ/) used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Beta Aquilae
