hawk noses
Prominent hooked profiles
Hawk noses are noses with a prominent bridge and downward curve, resembling a hawk's beak.
The term is descriptive but can carry negative connotations, historically used in antisemitic caricature.
Also called aquiline noses, from the Latin for eagle: His hawk nose gave him a distinguished, severe profile.
- aquilineResembling an eagle
- prominentEasily noticed or distinguished
- profilesSummaries of characteristics
- convexCurved outward externally
- hookedDeeply dependent or bent
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