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ornithichnology

ornithichnology noun: the branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).

Noun

ornithichnology (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).
    • Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds1858, Edward Hitchcock, Ichnology of New England: A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially Its Fossil Footmarks

Origin of ornithichnology

From ornitho- + ichnology.

Questions about ornithichnology

What does ornithichnology mean?
Ornithichnology means the branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).
What part of speech is ornithichnology?
Ornithichnology is a noun.

Words near ornithichnology in the dictionary

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

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