ornithoidichnite

English

Etymology

From ornithoid +‎ ichnite.

Noun

ornithoidichnite (plural ornithoidichnites)

  1. (paleontology, obsolete) A fossil track resembling that of a bird.
    • 1855, Edward Hitchcock, Elementary Geology:
      Regarding the names Ornithichnites , Ornithoidichnite , &c., as provisional merely , I now propose names for the animals that made the tracks

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