Usually means: Tail feather used for steering.
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  1. rectrix: Merriam-Webster
  2. rectrix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rectrix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rectrix: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rectrix: Wordnik
  6. rectrix: Wiktionary
  7. rectrix: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. rectrix: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Rectrix, rectrix: Dictionary.com
  10. Rectrix: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. rectrix: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Rectrix: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. rectrix: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. rectrix: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rectrix: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. rectrix: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rectrix: 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.

Similar:
rectoress, rectress, rectour, rect, rectory, regratress, rectifier, relatrix, regulatress, ruleress, more...

Types:
remex, retrix, more...

Adjectives:
outer, outermost, longest, fourth, central, right, original, third, external

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Similar:
rectoress, rectress, rectour, rect, rectory, regratress, rectifier, relatrix, regulatress, ruleress, more...

Types:
remex, retrix, more...

Adjectives:
outer, outermost, longest, fourth, central, right, original, third, external



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