Usually means: Tail feathers used for steering.
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  1. rectrices: Merriam-Webster
  2. rectrices: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rectrices: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rectrices: Wordnik
  5. rectrices: Wiktionary
  6. Rectrices, rectrices: Dictionary.com
  7. Rectrices: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Rectrices: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Rectrices: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. rectrices: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rectrices: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rectrices: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rectrix)

▸ noun:  A governess; a rectoress.
▸ noun:  A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
▸ Also see rectrix


Opposite:
coverts, remiges, primaries

Types:
remiges, more...

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Opposite:
coverts, remiges, primaries

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remiges, more...




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