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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, noun; pl. {Aquil[ae]}. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
{Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of {calomel}. --Brande & C.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), noun [Gr. kalo's beautiful + me'las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral {horn quicksilver}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
calomel
noun: a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: {mercurous chloride}]
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