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ichnology|ɪkˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ἴχνο-ς footprint + -logy.]
That part of palæontology which treats of fossil footprints. b. The ichnological characters or features of a district collectively.
1851Sir W. Jardine Ichnol. Annandale 7 Our knowledge of the footprints of recent animals, what may be termed modern Ichnology..is so limited. 1855E. Hitchcock (title) Report to the Government of Massachusetts on the Ichnology of New England. 1864Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. IX. 445 Ichnology, as a science, began..with him [Dr. E. A. Hitchcock].
Hence ichnoˈlogical a., relating to ichnology (Worcester 1859). |