fieldmark

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noun

A key, observable feature that is useful for identification of species in the field.

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Meanings

nounfieldmark (plural fieldmarks)

plural fieldmarks · alternative field mark · alternative field-mark

  1. A key, observable feature that is useful for identification of species in the field.

    Fieldmarks are its color, its forehead and a very much back-curving dorsal fin.

    1967, Eleanore Devine and Martha Clark, The Dolphin Smile: Twenty-nine Centuries of Dolphin Lore, Macmillan, page 240

Origin

From field + mark.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Markfield
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APA

fieldmark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fieldmark

MLA

“fieldmark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fieldmark. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fieldmark,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fieldmark.

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