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quill

DEFINITIONS OF: quill

1

n the hollow spine of a feather

Synonyms:
calamus, shaft
Type of:
rib
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

n a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

Type of:
spine
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

n pen made from a bird's feather

Synonyms:
quill pen
Type of:
pen
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

n any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Synonyms:
flight feather, pinion, quill feather
Types:
primary, primary feather, primary quill
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
tail feather
feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
sickle feather
one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
Type of:
feather, plumage, plume
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
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