tectrices

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tectrices - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tectrices \Tec"tri*ces\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to
     cover.] (Zool.)
     The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of
     Bird.
     [1913 Webster]