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1. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

2. A pen made from a feather.

   Synonyms:feather penquill pen

3. Any pen.

   Example: He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.

4. 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.