Sinonim quill

English Thesaurus

1. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	spine,
definition	:	a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	erinaceus europaeus, erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog,
definition	:	small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	hedgehog, porcupine,
definition	:	relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (noun.animal)

2. the hollow spine of a feather (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	rib,
definition	:	a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant (noun.body)

part meronym	:	feather, plumage, plume,
definition	:	the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (noun.animal)

3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	feather, plumage, plume,
definition	:	the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	primary, primary feather, primary quill,
definition	:	one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	tail feather,
definition	:	feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	wing,
definition	:	a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) (noun.animal)

4. pen made from a bird's feather (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	pen,
definition	:	a writing implement with a point from which ink flows (noun.artifact)

5. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird (noun.animal)

derivation	:	pinion,
definition	:	cut the wings off (of birds) (verb.change)

derivation	:	pinion,
definition	:	cut the wings off (of birds) (verb.change)