QUILL FEATHER
Dictionary entry overview: What does quill feather mean? • QUILL FEATHER (noun)
The noun QUILL FEATHER has 1 sense:
1. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
Familiarity information: QUILL FEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUILL FEATHER (noun)
Meaning:
Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
flight feather; quill feather; pinion; quill
Hypernyms ("quill feather" is a kind of...):
feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quill feather"):
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)
Holonyms ("quill feather" is a part of...):
wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))
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