tectrix

American

[tek-triks] / ˈtɛk trɪks /

noun

Ornithology.

plural

tectrices

covert.

tectrix British

/ ˈtɛktrɪks, tɛkˈtrɪʃəl /

noun

(usually plural) ornithol another name for covert

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

tectricial adjective

Etymology

Origin of tectrix

1760–70; < New Latin tēctrīx, equivalent to Latin teg ( ere ) to cover + -trīx -trix

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023