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Webster 1913 Edition

Rectrix

‖

Rec′trix

(-tr?ks)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Rectrices

(-tr[GREEK]′s[GREEK]z)

.

[L., fem. of

rector

.]

1.

A governess; a rectoress.

2.

(Zool.)

One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.