The story
- Ancient Greekῐ̓́χνος (ĭ́khnos)
- Englishichno-
- Englishtaxon
- English todayichnotaxon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A grouping, analogous to a biological taxon, used to classify footprints, burrows or other trace fossils, and hence, indirectly, the organisms that might have produced them. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.