Rectrix

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rectrix \Rec"trix\ (-tr?ks), n.; pl. {Rectrices} (-tr?"s?z).
     [L., fem. of rector.]
     1. A governess; a rectoress.
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     2. (Zool.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.


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