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noun • pen made from a bird's feather • a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog • any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird • the hollow spine of a feather | ||||||||
| 37% | 9 | Object of the game is to score points by caroming the cue ball off both the object ball and the opponent's cue ball | ||||||
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| 31% | 12 | Shared a common ancestor with humans but is not a direct ancestor | ||||||
noun • fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene | ||||||||
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QUILL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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QUILL
Updated: October 10, 2023
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