Quilly

//ˈkwɪli//

Synonyms for "quilly"

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The fabrick of the wing, as it appears through a moderately magnifying Microscope, seems to be a body consisting of two parts […]; the one is a quilly or finny substance, consisting of several long, slender and variously bended quills or wires, something resembling the veins of leaves […].

Source: wiktionary

[…] sometimes you may even run across a quilly ball lying right on top of the ledge, or catch one of the numerous porcupine family picking its way leisurely among the rocks.

Source: wiktionary

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