rectrix

rectrix
rectricial /rek trish"euhl/, adj.
/rek"triks/, n., pl. rectrices /rek truy"seez, rek"treuh seez'/. Ornith.
one of the tail feathers of a bird controlling direction during flight.
[1605-15; < L rectrix, fem. of rector RECTOR]

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