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ornithichnology en · NOUN

Etymology

From ornitho- + ichnology.

Meanings

  1. (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: