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Meaning of RECTRIX

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rec"trix\ (-tr?ks), n.; pl. {Rectrices} (-tr?"s?z).
[L., fem. of rector.]
1. A governess; a rectoress.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a
   bird.
 
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