Ornithichnology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints). obsolete, uncountable

    "Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds"

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"Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds"

Etymology

From ornitho- + ichnology.

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