Rectrix

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A governess; a rectoress.
  2. 2
    A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēctrīx (“one who directs”). By surface analysis, rector + -trix.

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flight feather

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