AQUILINE

aquiline, hooked

(adjective) curved down like an eagle’s beak

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

aquiline (comparative more aquiline, superlative most aquiline)

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

Synonym: eaglelike

Source: Wiktionary


Aq"ui*line, a. Etym: [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]

1. Belonging to or like an eagle.

2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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