"mortichnium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mortichnia [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mors (“death, corpse”) + Ancient Greek ἴχνιον (íkhnion, “footprint”), influenced by -ium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mors||death, corpse}} Latin mors (“death, corpse”), {{der|en|grc|ἴχνιον||footprint}} Ancient Greek ἴχνιον (íkhnion, “footprint”) Head templates: {{en-noun|mortichnia}} mortichnium (plural mortichnia)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil. Tags: in-plural Related terms: pascichnia, fodinichnion
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