ornithichnology

English

Etymology

ornitho- +‎ ichnology

Noun

ornithichnology (uncountable)

1. (paleontology) The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites.
   • 1858, Edward Hitchcock, Ichnology of New England: A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially Its Fossil Footmarks:

     Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ornithichnology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)