ornithichnology

English

Etymology

From ornitho- +‎ ichnology.

Noun

ornithichnology (uncountable)

1. (paleontology, obsolete) The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).
   • 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

References

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