adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Belonging to or like an eagle.
adj. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to the eagle.
Resembling an eagle; having the characteristics of an eagle; especially, resembling an eagle's beak; curving; hooked; prominent.
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adj. curved down like an eagle's beak
Word Usage
"Thus an ornithologist might describe a colleague as having an aquiline nose, but would not use the word aquiline in reference to a bird of the eagle group."