Flashcards: Latin Derivatives
aquiline

 

hooked like an eagle’s beak

 

Human noses come in all shapes, from flat to bulbous to aquiline. 2) of or pertaining to an eagle or eagles.

 

Latin root word: aquilinus, aquilina, aquilinum - of or pertaining to an eagle or eagles; aquila, aquilae, f. - eagle

 

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