adj. 1. Relating to or having the characteristics of an eagle. 2. Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak: an aquiline nose. [Latin aquilīnus, from aquila, eagle.] aq′ui·lini·ty (-lĭnĭ-tē) n. |
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