ornithichnite

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noun

A fossilised footprint left by a bird.

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Meanings

nounornithichnite (plural ornithichnites)

plural ornithichnites

  1. biologyA fossilised footprint left by a bird.

    Mr. Hitchcock has nowhere maintained the existence of an ornithichnite in the graywacke of Hudson valley.

    1839 January 28, T.A. Conrad, “Notes on American geology”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 35, page 246
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    Mr. Lyell next visited the red and green shales of Cabotville, north of Springfield in Massachusetts, where some of the best Ornithichnites have been procured, chiefly in the green shale.

    1834 October 28, Charles Lyell, “On the fossil foot-prints of birds”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 45, page 395

Origin

From ornith- + ichnite.

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