quill feather

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quill feather - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a birdflight feather, pinion, quillfeather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdswing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)primary feather, primary quill, primary - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wingtail feather - feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird