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ichnology

/ɪkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/

ichnology noun: a branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.

ichnology: a branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows....
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Noun

ichnology (countable and uncountable, plural ichnologies)

  1. A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.

Forms of ichnology

pluralichnologies

Origin of ichnology

From ichno- + -logy.

Words formed from ichnology

Questions about ichnology

What does ichnology mean?
Ichnology means a branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
What part of speech is ichnology?
Ichnology is a noun.
How do you pronounce ichnology?
Ichnology is pronounced /ɪkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/.
What is the plural of ichnology?
The plural of ichnology is ichnologies.

Words near ichnology in the dictionary

  1. ichnological
  2. ichnologically
  3. ichnologies
  4. ichnologist
  5. ichnologists
  6. ichnology
  7. ichnomancy
  8. ichnomorphologic
  9. ichnomorphological
  10. ichnomorphology
  11. ichnomorphotype

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