ornithichnology en · NOUN
Etymology
From ornitho- + ichnology.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).
Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds
1858, Edward Hitchcock, Ichnology of New England: A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially Its Fossil Footmarks: