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escadrille

es·cad·rille

uncommon

noun

1.
2.

an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)

Origin

Borrowed from French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).

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