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Definition of: escadrille
(es′kə·dril′, Fr. es·ká·drē′y') noun
1. In France, a unit of six military airplanes.
2. A squadron of naval vessels. [<F, dim. of escadre a squadron; infl. by Sp. escuadrilla, dim. of escuadra a squadron; both ult. <L ex- completely + quadrare make square <quattuor four]
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