noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

From ichno- (“trace”) + taxonomy.

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