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aquiline

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1. aquiline - Adjective

2. aquiline - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Belonging to or like an eagle.

Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Ordinary hypocrites pretend to be doves; political and literary hypocrites pretend to be eagles. But don't be disconcerted by their aquiline appearance. They are not eagles, but rats or dogs. Anton Chekhov

As a boy I had a clear image of the Almighty: He had a tail coat and pinstriped trousers, black, slicked-down hair and an aquiline nose. On the whole, I was probably a rather strange child, and I wonder what my life might have been like if I'd met a decent theologian when I was nine. Terry Pratchett

He was tall and fairly handsome; "he had sparkling eyes of medium size; his nose, like that of his brother, was becomingly aquiline; his hair was blond and grew back somewhat from his forehead. Source: Internet

In his letters London addressed Sterling as "Greek", owing to Sterling's aquiline nose and classical profile, and he signed them as "Wolf". Source: Internet

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