Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aquiline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aquiline \Aq"ui*line\ (?; 277), a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aquiline
adj : curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: {hooked}]
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