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mortichnia

mortichnia is the plural of mortichnium.

Meaning of mortichnium

Noun

mortichnium (plural mortichnia)

  1. (in plural) The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil.
    • In the Ediacaran mortichnia, however, the traces are always in front of the death mask, as seen in the perfect mortichnium from Russia.2015, Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick, Morphodynamics, page 268

Questions about mortichnia

What is mortichnia the plural of?
Mortichnia is the plural of mortichnium.

Words near mortichnia in the dictionary

  1. mortice
  2. morticed
  3. morticer
  4. morticers
  5. mortices
  6. mortichnia
  7. mortichnium
  8. mortician
  9. morticians
  10. morticing
  11. mortido

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