Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichnology

/ɪkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ich-nol-o-gy
IPA: /ɪkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ichno- + -logy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ichno
Suffix: logy

Usage

Inflected Forms

ichnologies (plural)

Derived Forms

ichnologic ichnological ichnologist ornithichnology palaeoichnology

Frequently Paired Words

ichnogram ichneumon

Questions

How do you pronounce ichnology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/.
What does ichnology mean?: A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
Where does ichnology come from?: From ichno- + -logy.

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