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tec·trix
/
ˈtɛk
trɪks
/
Show Spelled
[
tek
-triks
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
tec·tri·ces
/
ˈtɛk
trəˌsiz
,
tɛkˈtraɪ
siz
/
Show Spelled
[
tek
-tr
uh
-seez
,
tek-
trahy
-seez
]
Show IPA
.
Ornithology
.
covert
(
def 8
)
.
Origin:
1760–70;
<
Neo-Latin
tēctrīx,
equivalent to
Latin
teg
(
ere
) to cover +
-trīx
-trix
Related forms
tec·tri·cial
/
tɛkˈtrɪʃ
əl
/
Show Spelled
[
tek-
trish
-
uh
l
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
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tectrix
(ˈtɛktrɪks)
—
n
,
pl
tectrices
(
usually plural
)
ornithol
another name for
covert
[C19: New Latin, from Latin
tector
plasterer, from
tegere
to cover]
tectricial
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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quincunx
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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