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- Astronomy 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.【天文】天鹰星座。
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- as genitive Aquilae /-liː/ used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation与其前面的字母或数字连用以标记该星座中的星天鹰星座的:
the star Beta Aquilae.
天鹰座β星。
词源
Latin.