PRIMARY QUILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary quill mean? 

• PRIMARY QUILL (noun)
  The noun PRIMARY QUILL has 1 sense:

1. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

  Familiarity information: PRIMARY QUILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY QUILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

primary; primary feather; primary quill

Hypernyms ("primary quill" is a kind of...):

flight feather; pinion; quill; quill feather (any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird)