A governess; a rectoress.
One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
[Latin] The stiff tail feathers of a bird, used in steering (zool.).
rek'triks, n. one of the long tail-feathers of a bird, so called because used in steering the bird in its flight:--pl. RECTRICES (rek'tri-s[=e]z).
n. [Latin] A governess;—pl.Rectrices, the large feathers in the tails of birds which act as rudders in regulating the direction of their flight.