What is the meaning of quill?

Pen made from a bird's feather.
- synonyms: quill pen
A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog.
Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.
- synonyms: flight feather, pinion, quill feather
The hollow spine of a feather.
- synonyms: calamus, shaft

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