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Aquiline

//ˈæk.wɪˌlaɪn// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.

    "Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses."

Adjective
  1. 1
    curved down like an eagle's beak wordnet

Etymology

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

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