escadrille
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es·ca·drille
(ĕs'kə-drĭl', -drē') 
n.
A unit of a European air command, as in France during World War I, typically containing ten or more aircraft.
n.
A unit of a European air command, as in France during World War I, typically containing ten or more aircraft.
[French, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra, squadron, from escuadrar, to square off, from Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre. See square.]
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- Soldiers and Military Life - escadrille: squadron on divisional unit of aircraft
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