English Explanatory Dictionary

mortichnium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil.

Word forms

mortichnium mortichnia

Etymology

From Latin mors (“death, corpse”) + -ichnion, with influence from -ium.

Related words

pascichnia fodinichnion
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