ornithichnite
/ɔːˈnɪθɪknʌɪt/Palaeontology. Now historical and rare
noun
Edward Hitchcock's name for: a fossil footprint, originally thought to be of a bird or birdlike reptile, now usually attributed to a dinosaur.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864). From ornitho- + ancient Greek ἴχνος track + -ite.
- passacaglia
- passacaille
- passade
- passado
- passage
- passageable
- passage bed
- passage bird
- passage-board
- passage boat
- passage-gallery
- passage grave
- passage hawk
- passage migrant
- passage money
- passage of (or at) arms
- passager
- passagere
- passage thermometer
- passageway
- passagework
- Passaic
- passalid
- Passamaquoddy
- Passamaquoddy Bay