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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tectrices /ˈtɛktrɪsiːz, tɛkˈtrʌɪsiːz/

▶plural noun (sing. tectrix /-trɪks/) Ornithology the coverts of a bird.

– origin C19: mod. L., from L. tect-, tegere ‘cover’.

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