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

References

• “ornithoidichnite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.