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quill noun

  /kwɪl/ , [kʰw̥ɪl]
  • A pen made from a feather.
  • Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
 calamo, penna d'oca
  • A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.]
 aculeo
  • (by extension) Any pen.
 penna
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