English Explanatory Dictionary

rectrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

rectrix rectrices

Etymology

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

Related words

rectricial
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