单词 | ichnology |
释义 | ichnologyn. a. That part of palæontology which treats of fossil footprints. ΚΠ 1851 W. Jardine Ichnol. Annandale 7 Our knowledge of the footprints of recent animals, what may be termed modern Ichnology..is so limited. 1865 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1862–4 9 445 Ichnology, as a science, began..with him [sc. Dr. E. A. Hitchcock]. b. The ichnological characters or features of a district collectively. ΚΠ 1855 E. Hitchcock (title) Report to the Government of Massachusetts on the Ichnology of New England. Derivatives ichnoˈlogical adj. relating to ichnology (Worcester 1859). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1851 |
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