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Squilla :: Squillae (pl. ) of Squill.

Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark..

Cittern :: Cittern (n.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum..

Tranquilliized :: Tranquilliized () of Tranquilliz.

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Quill :: Quill (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather..

Quilled :: Quilled (imp. & p. p.) of Quil.

Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..

Tranquillizer :: Tranquillizer (n.) One who, or that which, tranquilizes..

Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..

Squinance :: Squillitic (a.) Of or pertaining to squills.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Saururae :: Saururae (n. pl.) An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes..

Culverkey :: Culverkey (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans)..

Sao :: Sao (n.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture..

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..

Sea Mantis :: Sea mantis () A squilla.

Quietude :: Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

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