Quill

nounid 117391·updated May 18, 2026
verified

a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
calamusflight featherpinionquill featherquill penshaft
plural
Quills
possessive
Quill's
pluralpossessive
Quills'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
§2
the hollow spine of a feather
§3
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
§4
pen made from a bird's feather
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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