aquiline

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin aquilīnus, from aquila (eagle)

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aquiline (comparative more aquiline, superlative most aquiline)

Positive
aquiline

Comparative
more aquiline

Superlative
most aquiline

  1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles.
    Frank's aquiline nose jutted out from underneath his glasses.

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aquiline f.

  1. Feminine plural form of aquilino