Aquiline Definition

ăkwə-līn, -lĭn
adjective
Relating to or having the characteristics of an eagle.
American Heritage
Of or like an eagle.
Webster's New World
Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak.
An aquiline nose.
Webster's New World

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles.

Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.
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Origin of Aquiline

  • From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (“eagle”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin aquilīnus from aquila eagle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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