aquiline


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aquiline /ˈakwɪlʌɪn/
adjective
  • 1 like an eagle.
  • 2 (of a person's nose) curved like an eagle's beak.
– origin C17: from L. aquilinus, from aquila ‘eagle’.
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