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fieldmark

fieldmark noun: a key, observable feature that is useful for identification of species in the field.

Noun

fieldmark (plural fieldmarks)

  1. A key, observable feature that is useful for identification of species in the field.
    • Fieldmarks are its color, its forehead and a very much back-curving dorsal fin.1967, Eleanore Devine and Martha Clark, The Dolphin Smile: Twenty-nine Centuries of Dolphin Lore, Macmillan, page 240

Forms of fieldmark

pluralfieldmarks
alternative formfield mark
alternative formfield-mark

Origin of fieldmark

From field + mark.

Questions about fieldmark

What does fieldmark mean?
Fieldmark means a key, observable feature that is useful for identification of species in the field.
What part of speech is fieldmark?
Fieldmark is a noun.
What is the plural of fieldmark?
The plural of fieldmark is fieldmarks.

Words near fieldmark in the dictionary

  1. fieldlings
  2. fieldlore
  3. fieldman
  4. fieldmap
  5. fieldmaps
  6. fieldmark
  7. fieldmarks
  8. fieldmen
  9. fieldmeter
  10. fieldmeters
  11. fieldmice

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