Usually means: Feather aiding bird in flight.
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  1. tectrix: Merriam-Webster
  2. tectrix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tectrix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tectrix: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tectrix: Wordnik
  6. tectrix: Wiktionary
  7. tectrix: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tectrix: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tectrix: Dictionary.com
  10. tectrix: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. tectrix: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The covert of a bird's wing.

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covert, rectrix, undercovert, raptor, rat with wings, underwing, outwing, duckwing, batwing, vexillum, more...

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covert, rectrix, undercovert, raptor, rat with wings, underwing, outwing, duckwing, batwing, vexillum, more...



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