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aquiline

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aq⋅ui⋅line

  [ak-wuh-lahyn, -lin]
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–adjective
1. (of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked.
2. of or like the eagle.
Origin:
1640–50; (< F) < L aquilīnus. See Aquila, -ine 1

Related forms:
aq⋅ui⋅lin⋅i⋅ty  [ak-wuh-lin-i-tee] , noun
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aq·ui·line   (āk'wə-līn', -lĭn)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an eagle.

  2. Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak: an aquiline nose.


[Latin aquilīnus, from aquila, eagle.]
aq'ui·lin'i·ty (-lĭn'ĭtē) n.
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Word Origin & History

aquiline 
1646, from L. aquilinus "of or like an eagle," from aquila "eagle." Originally in Eng. in ref. to long, hooked noses.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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