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ichnotaxonomy

ichnotaxonomy noun: the branch of taxonomy that attempts to classify an animal based on its footprints, burrows, or other traces.

Noun

ichnotaxonomy (uncountable)

  1. The branch of taxonomy that attempts to classify an animal based on its footprints, burrows, or other traces
  2. The taxonomy of ichnofossils

Origin of ichnotaxonomy

From ichno- (“trace”) + taxonomy.

Questions about ichnotaxonomy

What does ichnotaxonomy mean?
Ichnotaxonomy means the branch of taxonomy that attempts to classify an animal based on its footprints, burrows, or other traces.
What part of speech is ichnotaxonomy?
Ichnotaxonomy is a noun.

Words near ichnotaxonomy in the dictionary

  1. ichnotaxobases
  2. ichnotaxon
  3. ichnotaxonomic
  4. ichnotaxonomical
  5. ichnotaxonomically
  6. ichnotaxonomy
  7. ichnotype
  8. ichnotypes
  9. ichnovirus
  10. ichnoviruses
  11. ichnusaite

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