rectrix, īcis, f. [rector],
she that leads or guides; a directress , governess , mistress (post-Aug.): animam velut aurigam rectricemque membrorum, Col. 3, 10, 9: sapientia domina rectrixque est, Sen. Ep. 85, 32: Italia rectrix parensque mundi altera, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.
·noun A governess; a rectoress. II. Rectrix ·noun One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird. ...
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