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Clanga

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Translingual

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Clanga clanga

Etymology

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Evidently from Ancient Greek κλάγγος (klángos), an alternate reading of πλάγγος (plángos, a kind of eagle), though some sources (following Willughby, 1676) instead posit a relationship to Ancient Greek κλαγγή (klangḗ, clash) or Latin clangō (I clang; (of an eagle) I scream).

Proper noun

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Clanga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – spotted eagles, of the Old World.

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