AQUILINE

aquiline. Aquiline, a. like an eagle or its beak, hooked

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Aq″ui‐line (?; 277), a. [[L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]] 1. 1. Belonging to or like an eagle.
2. 2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; — applied particularly to the nose
Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.