# Verreaux's eagle

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Aquila verreauxii, a large bird of prey found mainly in Africa.

## Etymology
After the French naturalist Jules Verreaux, who visited southern Africa in the early 19th century and collected the type specimen for the French Academy of Sciences.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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