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Webster 1913 Edition
Ichnology
Ich-nol′o-gy
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἴχνοσ
a footstep + -logy
.] (Geol.)
The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
Definition 2024
ichnology
ichnology
English
Noun
ichnology (countable and uncountable, plural ichnologies)
- (paleontology) A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils. It can be divided into paleoichnology and neoichnology.