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RECTRIX

\ɹˈɛktɹɪks], \ɹˈɛktɹɪks], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_ɹ_ɪ_k_s]\

Definitions of RECTRIX

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A governess; a rectoress.
One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A governess; a rectoress.
One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

[Latin] The stiff tail feathers of a bird, used in steering (zool.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

rek'triks, n. one of the long tail-feathers of a bird, so called because used in steering the bird in its flight:--pl. RECTRICES (rek'tri-s[=e]z).

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

n. [Latin] A governess;â€”pl.Rectrices, the large feathers in the tails of birds which act as rudders in regulating the direction of their flight.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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