Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The branch of paleontology dealing with the study of fossilized footprints, tracks, burrows, or other traces as evidence of the activities of the organisms that produced them.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil footprints; the science of fossil footprints; the study of those animals which are known only by their footprints.
Wiktionary
- n. paleontology A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils. It can be divided into paleoichnology and neoichnology.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Geol.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
Etymologies
- From ichno- + -logy. (Wiktionary)
- Greek ikhnos, footprint + -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The study of trace fossils - called ichnology - is very useful for reconstructing ancient environments.”
“The work of this international group, published in the latest issue of Geologica Acta, is the first taphonomic (fossilisation process) study done on cetacean remains combined with other paleontological disciplines such as ichnology (the study of trace fossils).”
“A golobal overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time. p187-198.”
“I read with interest Mark Roessler's article on the Hitchcock ichnology collection in the Amherst Museum of Natural History [ "Dinoscripture: The Older Testament," Dec. 3, 2009], looking for evidence that challenges "at least some of Darwin's theories," as promised in the second title.”
“If he were alive today and still refused to accept the overwhelming evidence for evolution, he would have a very difficult time indeed advancing science in the field of ichnology.”
“Here he pursued one of his major interests - ichnology (studies based on the discovery and analysis of burrows, tracks and trails of early mammals).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ichnology’.
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EN - bureaucratese
This is to save the "Hellatine Dictionary of Bureaucratese" from oblivion. The list is extremely rich in neologisms but is no longer updated regularly, which is a shame. For its disclaimer and all ...
abbrevate, ablivion, abmure, abrevision, absentiment, abvice, abvisce, abvise, accretiate, acronism, acrost, additative and 743 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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phrontistery - i
from phrontistery.info
izzat, izzard, ixiodic, izard, ivresse, ixora, ivorist, ivoride, ivorine, iulus, iulan, ithomiid and 510 more...
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No Ap-ology
Unusual -ologies
morology, tidology, aerology, tyrology, orology, barology, tocology, doorology, ology, battology, dittology, cacology and 244 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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Words of Dinosaurology
This quickly got bigger and weirder than originally intended, so now it's housing terms that relate to the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. See also Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthy...
zygopophyses, ziphodont, plesiomorphic, cleidoic, endothermy, ectothermy, viviparous, vertebrae, cervical, dorsal, sacral, caudal and 628 more...
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ologies
technology, zymology, zygology, zoophytology, zoophysiology, zoopathology, zoonosology, zoology, zoogeology, zooarchaeology, xylology, vulcanology and 850 more...
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tracks
tracing traces
cheirotherium, ichnology, trace, Ishigaq, brontozoum, pied de grue, nereites, trochomancy, helminthite, hied, otozoum, spoors and 5 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ichnology.
hernesheir Railway telegraphy term meaning "Of no importance". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 23, 2013
mollusque And other traces of once living organisms, like burrows and toothmarks. Sep 4, 2008
chained_bear "That part of palæontology which treats of fossil footprints." (OED) Sep 4, 2008