- (also quill feather)
a large feather from the wing or tail of a bird 翎（鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛） - (also quill pen)
a pen made from a quill feather 翎笔；羽管笔 one of the long sharp stiff spines on a porcupine （豪猪的）棘刺
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘hollow stem’ and ‘shaft of a feather’): probably from Middle Low German quiele.