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ornithichnite

ornithichnite noun: a fossilised footprint left by a bird.

Noun

ornithichnite (plural ornithichnites)

  1. A fossilised footprint left by a bird.
    • Mr. Lyell next visited the red and green shales of Cabotville, north of Springfield in Massachusetts, where some of the best Ornithichnites have been procured, chiefly in the green shale.1834 October, Charles Lyell, “On the fossil foot-prints of birds”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 45, page 395
    • Mr. Hitchcock has nowhere maintained the existence of an ornithichnite in the graywacke of Hudson valley.1839 January, T.A. Conrad, “Notes on American geology”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 35, page 246

Forms of ornithichnite

pluralornithichnites

Origin of ornithichnite

From ornith- + ichnite.

Questions about ornithichnite

What does ornithichnite mean?
Ornithichnite means a fossilised footprint left by a bird.
What part of speech is ornithichnite?
Ornithichnite is a noun.
What is the plural of ornithichnite?
The plural of ornithichnite is ornithichnites.

Words near ornithichnite in the dictionary

  1. ornis
  2. ornith-
  3. ornith.
  4. ornithes
  5. ornithic
  6. ornithichnite
  7. ornithichnites
  8. ornithichnology
  9. ornithinaemia
  10. ornithine
  11. ornithine carbamoyltransferase

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