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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A pen made from a feather.
  • A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine as a defense against predators.
  • A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
  • figurative Any pen.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.
  • The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

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