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aquiline definition

aqui·line (ak′wə līn′, -lin)

adjective

  1. of or like an eagle
  2. curved or hooked like an eagle's beak an aquiline nose

Etymology: L aquilinus < aquila, eagle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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