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Definition of Tectrices
1. n. pl. The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
Definition of Tectrices
1. Noun. (plural of tectrix) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tectrices
1. tectrix [n] - See also: tectrix
Medical Definition of Tectrices
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectrices
Literary usage of Tectrices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The upper tectrices of the wing are divided into primary and secondary, according
as they ... The secondary tectrices are divided into greater, median, ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1829)
"tectrices mediae, middle wing-coverts (M) 5. Primaria;, quills (p) 7. ...
tectrices cauda> laterales,' 1. Femora, the thighs (Jig. 58. *. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"The superior caudal tectrices are pure white, terminated, however, ... The inferior
alar tectrices and the axillary feathers are variegated with light ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1870)
"The Trinidad bird agrees with the latter ; but it has the two white cross bands
on the tectrices and the white margins on the primaries as strongly marked ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"Ailes noirâtres, ù tectrices bordées à l'extrémité de jaunâtre ; les bordures
externes des rémiges fines de la couleur du dos, et celles des primaires ..."
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