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escadrille

 
(ĕs'kə-drĭl', -drē') pronunciation
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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