trackmaker

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noun

An organism that leaves tracks as it moves, especially one whose tracks can be found in fossils.

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Meanings

nountrackmaker (plural trackmakers)

plural trackmakers

  1. An organism that leaves tracks as it moves, especially one whose tracks can be found in fossils.
  2. One who makes a track or path for others; a trailblazer.

    1980, Paul F. Lambert, Joseph B. Thoburn, Pioneer Historian and Archaeologist Joseph B. Thoburn was the pioneer historian and archaeologist of Oklahoma, a "trackmaker" who had a tremendous impact on his adopted state. His interests and fields of activity were many and diverse, […]

Origin

From track + maker.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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