HALIÆTUS, that is to say, a Sea-Eagle. St. Jerom makes use of this word after the Septuagint, to signify a sort of Eagle which was reckoned impure among the HebrewsLevit. xi. 13. Deut. xiv. 13.. The Hebrew word is Haseninah, and Bochart believes it signifies a kind of Eagle called Valeria, or the black Eagle.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Haliætus,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/h/haliaetus/.