-trix

noun suffix

plural -trices or -trixes

Definition of -TRIX

: female that does or is associated with a (specified) thing <aviatrix>

: geometric line, point, or surface <generatrix>

Middle English, from Latin, feminine of -tor, suffix denoting an agent

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