The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word QUILLS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2001.
Porcupine's barbs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUILLS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Porcupine's barbs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spiny
- canada porcupine
- erethizon dorsatum
- hedgehog
- quill
- porcupine
- rodent
- erethizontidae
- family erethizontidae
- family hystricidae
- hystricidae
- hystricine
Crossword Answer definitions
QUILLS noun- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- A pen made from a feather.
- Any pen.
- A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
- The pen of a squid.
- The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- The tube of a musical instrument.
- Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
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