/ kwɪl; NAmE / noun
1.
(also ˈquill feather ) a large feather from the wing or tail of a bird
2.
(also ˌquill ˈpen ) a pen made from a quill feather
3.
one of the long sharp stiff spines on a porcupine
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the senses hollow stem and shaft of a feather ): probably from Middle Low German quiele .