| NOUN | animal | quill feather, flight feather, pinion, quill | any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
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| Meaning | Any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. | |
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| Synonyms | flight feather, pinion, quill | |
| Part of | wing | A movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
| Narrower | primary, primary feather, primary quill | One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
| tail feather | feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird | |
| Broader | feather, plume, plumage | The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
| Spanish | remera | |
| Catalan | rèmige | |
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