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. [Greek ikhnos, footprint + -LOGY.] ich′no·logi·cal (-nə-lŏjĭ-kəl) adj. ich·nolo·gist n. |
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