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Systems for grouping fossilised evidence of biological activity
where the original maker of a trace fossil can be identified with confidence, phylogenetic classification of trace fossils is an unreasonable proposition
Trace_fossil_classification
Geological record of biological activity
dictionary. A trace fossil, also called an ichnofossil (/ˈɪknoʊˌfɒsɪl/; from Ancient Greek ἴχνος (íkhnos) 'trace, track'), is a fossil record of biological
Trace_fossil
Taxon based on the fossilized work of an organism
chaotic nature of trace fossil classification, several ichnogenera hold names normally affiliated with animal body fossils or plant fossils. For example,
Ichnotaxon
Trace fossil
Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian
Paleodictyon
Trace fossil
ichnogenus of trace fossil which resembles the marks produced by the action of a mollusc's radula on sediment. As an ichnogenus, its classification is based
Radulichnus
Ichnogenus of trace fossil
Augerinoichnus (‘Augerino trace’) is a Permian trace fossil that has been found in New Mexico, US. The trace fossil is a corkscrew-shaped burrow that
Augerinoichnus
Extinct burrowing sea creature
The hypothesis supported by Seilacher, that the burrows we find are trace fossils of a worm-like animal, is supported by several features of the burrows
Paleodictyon_nodosum
Preserved burrow of an animal
Treptichnus is a genus of trace fossils (with modern analogues) representing a three-dimensional burrow. These fossil traces are known from marine, brackish
Treptichnus
Ichnogenus of insect trace fossils
Uruguay is a trace fossil which was described in 1939 by Francisco Lucas Roselli. Consisting of bee cells, can be found in the Asencio Formation of Uruguay
Uruguay_(trace_fossil)
Trace fossil
Thalassinoides is an ichnogenus of trace fossil (fossil records of lifeforms' movement, rather than of the lifeforms themselves) used to refer to "dichotomously
Thalassinoides
Trace fossil
Rogerella is a small pouch-shaped boring (a type of trace fossil) with a slit-like aperture currently produced by acrothoracican barnacles. These crustaceans
Rogerella
Trace fossil
Martin Lockley. In trace fossil classification schemes based on behavior, the body imprint is considered a cubichnion, or resting trace. Cheliceratichnus
Cheliceratichnus
Enigmatic Cambrian fossil
interpreted in many different ways in the past, but is now thought to be a trace fossil of a slug-like organism that moved by crawling to on-shore surfaces,
Climactichnites
Trace fossil
Gnathichnus is a trace fossil on a hard substrate (typically a shell, rock or hardground made of calcium carbonate) formed by regular echinoids as they
Gnathichnus
Trace fossil
Tektonargus is a trace fossil ichnotaxon genus of insect, from the Late Jurassic period. It was discovered in a section of the Morrison Formation, located
Tektonargus
Trace fossil
Fascifodina is a marine trace fossil of uncertain origin from the Ordovician of North America. It has either been interpreted as arm traces of an orthocerid
Fascifodina
Dinosaur footprint
several fossil trackways that indicate that it was likely a cursorial animal that was well-adapted to desert environments. The Farlowichnus fossil material
Farlowichnus
Ichnogenus of trace fossils
Bifungites is a dumbbell-shaped trace fossil predominately found in Paleozoic rocks from the Cambrian to the Mississippian, believed to be the burrows
Bifungites
Dinosaur footprint
Formation of Utah. Dromaeosauripus was described as a probable dromaeosaurid trace fossil, and the describers of D. yongjingensis included this ichnogenus within
Dromaeosauripus
Trace fossil
Monomorphichnus is an arthropod trace fossil known from the base of the Cambrian period onwards, before the first trilobite fossils. D. Fillion and R. K. Pickerill
Monomorphichnus
Epibaion is a trace fossil imprint of the Ediacaran animals of the phylum Proarticulata, which became extinct in the Precambrian. Imprints often occur
Epibaion
Turtle trace fossil
Chelonipus is a trace fossil ichnogenus attributed to turtles. Chelonipus ichnospecies are known from the many locations around the world, spanning many
Chelonipus
Dinosaur footprint
Ruopodosaurus represents the first recognized ankylosaurid tracks in the trace fossil record. Ruopodosaurus is characterized by a pentadactyl manus (five-fingered
Ruopodosaurus
Dinosaur footprint
article, English) A. F. d.e. Lapparent and M. A. A. Nowgol Sadat. (1975). Une trace à pas de Dinosaure dans le Lias de l’Elbourz, en Iran. Conséquences de cette
Iranosauripus
Trace fossil
which is therefore among the first fossils to be illustrated Saether, Kristian; Christopher Clowes. "Trace Fossils". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16
Cosmorhaphe
Trace fossil
Osprioneides is an ichnogenus of unbranched, elongate borings (a type of trace fossil) in lithic substrate with oval cross−section, single−entrance and straight
Osprioneides
Trace fossil
Conichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. Ichnology Pemberton, S. George; Frey, Robert W.; Bromley, Richard G. (1988). "The ichnotaxonomy of Conostichus
Conichnus
Trace fossil
Brutalichnus to be a nomen dubium. Ichnology Llc, Books (May 2010). Trace Fossils: Chuckanut Formation, Treptichnus Pedum, Paleodictyon, Trackway, Breviparopus
Brutalichnus
Trace fossil ichnogenus
of trace fossil (fossil records of lifeforms' movement, rather than of the lifeforms themselves) allied to Cruziana. Rusophycus is the resting trace, recording
Rusophycus
Trace fossil
Nihilichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. It was first described from bite traces in 2006. The ichnogenus originally contained two ichnospecies, Nihilichnus
Nihilichnus
Trace fossil
Temporal range: Moscovian–Asselian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli
Limnopus
Ichnofamily of dinosaur footprints
Tyrannosauripodidae Tyrannosauripus pillmorei Trace fossil classification Ichnofamily: Tyrannosauripodidae McCrea et al., 2014 Ichnogenera Bellatoripes
Tyrannosauripodidae
Trace fossil
Petroxestes is a shallow, elongate boring (a type of trace fossil) originally found excavated in carbonate skeletons and hardgrounds of the Upper Ordovician
Petroxestes
Trace fossil
Burrinjuckia is an ichnogenus of bioclaustrations (a type of trace fossil). Burrinjuckia includes outgrowths of the brachiopod's secondary shell with a
Burrinjuckia
Dinosaur footprint
Brontopodus Brontopodus birdi Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade:
Brontopodus
Trace fossil
Isopodichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. Ribbon-like in form, Isopodichnus traces were likely formed by the activity of an isopod crustacean foraging
Isopodichnus
Trace fossil
an assemblage of trace fossils that provides an indication of the conditions that their formative organisms inhabited. Trace fossil assemblages are far
Ichnofacies
Trace fossil
Oikobesalon is an ichnogenus of unbranched, elongate burrows (a type of trace fossil) in originally soft substrate. The burrows are unbranched and straight
Oikobesalon
Trace fossil
(1981). "Paleoenvironmental interpretations and systematics of Devonian trace fossils from the Taylor Group (lower Beacon Supergroup), Antarctica". New Zealand
Heimdallia
Trace fossil
Alcyonidiopsis is a genus of pellet-filled trace fossil, often branching, known from the Ordovician, or possibly earlier, to the recent. It is associated
Alcyonidiopsis
Trace fossil
is an ichnogenus representing the fossil nests of a mud dauber. Saether, Kristian; Christopher Clowes. "Trace Fossils". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16
Chubutolithes
Dinosaur footprint
Holotype trackway of D. ibiricus including hand and footprints Trace fossil classification Ichnogenus: †Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 Type ichnospecies
Deltapodus
Dinosaur trace fossil
D C P T J K Pg N Jurassic to Cretaceous Fossil track assigned to Megalosauripus Trace fossil classification Ichnofamily: Eubrontidae Ichnogenus: Megalosauripus
Megalosauripus
Trace fossil
Entobia is a trace fossil in a hard substrate (typically a shell, rock or hardground made of calcium carbonate) formed by sponges as a branching network
Entobia
Study of past life through fossils
Paleoichnology is the study of trace fossils, which can display interactions between organisms or other aspects of behavior. Common trace fossils are the burrows of
Paleontology
Ichnogenus of trace fossil
Teisseirei is a Cretaceous trace fossil representing the pupation chamber of a sphinx moth. It has been found in Argentina and Uruguay (Asencio Formation)
Teisseirei
Stegosaur tracks
Park, also in Utah. Unlike the first, this trackway preserved traces of the forefeet. Fossil remains indicate that stegosaurs have four digits on the forefeet
Stegopodus
Trace fossil
name applied to certain types of fossilized root traces preserved in sedimentary rocks. These fossils are most commonly found in paleosols from the Mesozoic
Radicites
Fan-shaped Ichnofossils associated with Kimberella
Kimberichnus traces often occur alongside the death masks of Kimberella; the traces represent possibly the oldest known evidence of trace fossils that are
Kimberichnus
Trace fossil
branch in a nutrient-rich environment would. Allaby A & Allaby M (1999) Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences. Trace fossil Trace fossil classification v t e
Fodinichnia
Dinosaur footprint
69–68 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Ceratopsipes goldenensis Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria
Ceratopsipes
Preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past
Fossil
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
Satapliasaurus kandelakii (ichnospecies) and Satapliasaurus tschabukianii. The fossils and trackways have been found in Cretaceous sediments of Georgia and the
Satapliasaurus
Trace fossil
Protichnites is an ichnogenus of trace fossil consisting of the imprints made by the walking activity of certain arthropods. It consists of two rows of
Protichnites
Fossilised dinosaur footprints
S2CID 235730384. Czech article about dinosaur trace fossil finds from Slovakia Czech article about dinosaur trace fossils found in the Czech Republic Lockley,
Eubrontes
Dinosaur footprint
Characichnos (meaning "score trace") is an ichnogenus of possibly dinosaurian tetrapod footprint. It includes a single species, C. tridactylus, known
Characichnos
Dinosaur footprint
Saurexallopus zerbsti (holotype CU-MWC 224.2) from the Lance Formation Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria
Saurexallopus
Ichnogenus of reptile footprints
Traces, Abstracts with Program: 21–22. Silva, Rafael Costa da; Sedor, Fernando Antonio; Fernandes, Antonio Carlos Sequeira (1 October 2012). "Fossil footprints
Rhynchosauroides
Ichnogenus of probable azhdarchid pterosaurs
is A. elegans, representing the first named trace fossil made by a pterosaur. Agadirichnus, meaning 'trace of Agadir', was first described as lizard tracks
Agadirichnus
Ichnospecies
also Indiana, Kansas, and Spain, (El Montsec and Las Hoyas). Fossil trackway Trace fossil Birmingham Paleontological Society (PBS) report – Alabama, USA
Undichna_simplicitas
Genus of reptiles (fossil)
taxon is represented by (and named for) a 90-metre (295 ft) long series of fossil tracks, or ichnites, found in the spring of 1979 in the Atlas Mountains
Breviparopus
Trace fossil
vertical burrows and horizontal tunnels are a common characteristic of the trace fossil. List of Ediacaran genera Meyer, Mike; Polys, Nick; Yaqoob, Humza; Hinnov
Lamonte_trevallis
Trace fossil
Tremichnus is an ichnogenus or trace fossil. It is an embedment structure (i.e. bioclaustration) formed by an organism that inhibited growth of the crinoid
Tremichnus
Dinosaur footprint
list (link) Hitchcock, Edward, 1847, "Description of two new species of fossil footmarks found in Massachusetts and Connecticut, or of the animals that
Otozoum
Dinosaur footprint
and formally described by Martin Lockley and Adrian Hunt in 1994. This fossil footprint from northern New Mexico (within the Philmont Scout Ranch boundary)
Tyrannosauripus
ripple marks may lend itself to the formation of the trackways. Trace fossil Fossil trackway Photo-(non-ripple mark associated); Article – (kgs.ku.edu)
Undichna_britannica
Fossil genus
Bergaueria is an Ediacaran–Miocene trace fossil believed to represent the dwelling trace of Cnidarians (Actinia – sea anemones). It likely caused mixing
Bergaueria
Ichnogenus of Arthropod trackways
Video--Euthycarcinoid animation on Diplichnites slab (Milwaukee Public Museum) Trilobite Tracks: Trilobite Trace Fossils – 3-main types of trilobite trace fossils
Diplichnites
Trace fossil
K. walchi. List of xiphosuran genera Timeline of pterosaur research Trace fossil Mortichnia Martin, Anthony J. "Kouphichnium isp". Archived from the original
Kouphichnium
Trace fossil
Anoigmaichnus is an ichnogenus of bioclaustrations (a type of trace fossil). Anoigmaichnus includes shafts perpendicular to their hosts' growth surfaces
Anoigmaichnus
Ichnogenus of dinosaur footprints
1858 G. toscanus (Huene, 1941) G. variabilis Lapparent & Monetnat, 1967 Fossil tracks can be informative about theropod pathologies but apparently pathological
Grallator
Ichnogenus of trace fossils
Cruziana is a trace fossil (fossil records of lifeforms' movement, rather than of the lifeforms themselves) consisting of elongate, bilobed, approximately
Cruziana
Extinct species of worm
Pennichnus is a ichnogenus of trace fossils produced by an extinct ambush‐predatory worm. Pan, Yu-Yen; Nara, Masakazu; Löwemark, Ludvig; Miguez-Salas
Pennichnus
Dinosaur footprint
Trace fossils from the Haman Formation (Albian) of South Korea were referred to as M. cf. zhenshuonani or M. cf. chuanzhuensis. Other trace fossils attributed
Minisauripus
Trace fossil
show similarities with ornithopod tracks, but asymmetric heel with the trace of metatarsal phalangeal pad IV posterior to metatarsal phalangeal pad II
Corpulentapus
Dinosaur footprint
Micrichnus is a trace fossil ichnogenus of arthropods. It was once thought to be a trace fossil made by a vertebrate. Shibata, Masateru; Varricchio, David
Micrichnus
Trace fossil
may simply be deposit feeding traces. Zoophycos gives its name to the Zoophycos ichnofacies, an assemblage of trace fossils which is associated with the
Zoophycos
Trace fossil
positioned or lifted from the substrate. List of dinosaur ichnogenera "Fossil Footsteps in Sandstone and Graywacke" by Edward Hitchcock, in The American
Sauroidichnites
Ichnogenus of dinosaur
of Dromaeosauripus. Dromaeosauriformipes represents one of the few known fossil records of Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurids in South Korea, along with the
Dromaeosauriformipes
Trace fossil
Tridentichnus is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints. The Tridentichnus trackmaker was a relatively large animal with five toes on its hind feet. They are
Tridentichnus
Trace fossil
lizard trackway, is named in reference to the Jinju Innovation City. Trace fossils identified as an indeterminate ichnospecies of Neosauroides have been
Neosauroides
Trace fossil
range: Permian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N H. major Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Family: †Captorhinidae Subfamily:
Hyloidichnus
Fossilized remains of eggs laid by ancient animals
of an animal, egg fossils are considered a type of trace fossil. Under rare circumstances a fossil egg may preserve the remains of the once-developing
Egg_fossil
Trace fossil of tyrannosaurid footprints
tyrannosaurids moving together. Such inferences of behaviour cannot be made with fossil bones alone, so the record of Bellatoripes tracks together is important
Bellatoripes
Dinosaur trace fossil
Sauropus Temporal range: Hettangian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria
Sauropus_(ichnogenus)
Trace fossil
Chirotherium, also known as Cheirotherium (‘hand-beast’), is a Triassic trace fossil consisting of five-fingered (pentadactyle) footprints and whole tracks
Chirotherium
Trace fossil
Nereites is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. Modern tracemakers of incipient Nereites include worm-like organisms, horseshoe crabs and hermit crabs. Historically
Nereites
Trace fossil of the Phanerozoic
The traces are generally small, 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in), unlined, and rarely branched, with fill that differs from the host rock. Planolites fossils have
Planolites
Dubious ichnogenus of a dinosaur footprint
range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria
Tyrannosauropus
Trace fossil
the track rows. In trace fossil classification schemes based on behavior, Bifurculapes is considered a repichnion, or locomotion trace. Getty (2020) considered
Bifurculapes
Trace fossil
Hatcherichnus is a trace fossil ichnogenus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western North America and Europe. The type material is from the
Hatcherichnus
Trace fossil
Helminthopsis is an ichnogenus of trace fossil that is found preserved on the bedding planes of fine-grained sedimentary rocks. It is characterized by
Helminthopsis
Dinosaur footprint
Though the tracks were found in a higher stratigraphic level than the main fossils of Giganotosaurus, they were from the same strata as the Giganotosaurus
Abelichnus
Trace fossil
Berriasian stage of the Cretaceous, making them among the oldest bird trace fossils in the world. However, a 2026 study found the type ichnospecies, based
Archaeornithipus
Brasilichnium Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Ichnofamily: †Chelichnopodidae Ichnogenus: †Brasilichnium
Brasilichnium
Trace fossil
range: Permian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Dimetropus Trace fossil classification Ichnogenus: †Dimetropus Romber and Price 1940 Ichnospecies D
Dimetropus
Extinct Ediacaran ichnogenus
with the popular interpretation of Nenoxites as a trace fossil, and instead interpret it as a body fossil. Some interpret it as a mycetozoan, due to the
Nenoxites
Dinosaur footprint
Yangtzepus Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Dinosauria Clade: Saurischia Clade: Theropoda Ichnogenus:
Yangtzepus
Trace fossil
Steganoposaurus is an ichnogenus of fossil reptile footprints. The ichnospecies Steganoposaurus belli, was erected for footprints discovered in Wyoming's
Steganoposaurus
Trace fossil
Haplotichnus is an ichnogenus of invertebrate trace fossil that was erected by S.A. Miller in 1889. Buatois et al. (1998) proposed that Haplotichnus should
Haplotichnus
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Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American Latin Greek English French
Brave.
Male
Italian
Pet form of Italian/Spanish Alfonso, FONSIE means "noble and ready."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACEY means "place of Thracius."
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from a Norman baronial name TRACY means "place of Thracius."
Surname or Lastname
English (Bedfordshire)
English (Bedfordshire) : habitational name from a lost place in Bedfordshire, recorded in 969 as Foteseige, from Old English foss ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘dry land in marsh’, ‘promontory’, or a topographic name for someone who lived on low lying land by a ditch or dike.
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACEE means "place of Thracius."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English, Old French brace ‘arm’, also denoting a piece of armor covering the arm. In most cases it is probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of armor, specifically armor designed to protect the upper arms, but it could also have been a nickname for someone with strong arms (compare Armstrong) or a deformed or otherwise noticeable arm.
Female
English
English pet form of English/French Florence, FLOSSIE means "blossoming."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : habitational name from any of the various minor places named with Old English foss ‘ditch’ (Latin fossa). The Old English word did not survive into the period when surnames were acquired, so it is unlikely to be a topographic name, unless it is from the Old French cognate fosse. The reference may be to the Roman road Fosse Way, itself named in the Old English period from the ditch that ran alongside it, or to the river Foss in Yorkshire.Norwegian : habitational name from any of the fifteen west-coast farmsteads so named, from the dative form of foss ‘waterfall’ (from Old Norse fors).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French
Fighter; Brave
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Treece.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English, Old French grace ‘charm’, ‘pleasantness’ (Latin gratia).English : from the female personal name Grace, which was popular in the Middle Ages. This seems in the first instance to have been from a Germanic element grīs ‘gray’ (see Grice 1), but was soon associated by folk etymology with the Latin word meaning ‘charm’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : perhaps a variant of Treece.Altered spelling of German Treis, a topographic name for someone who lived by or owned an uncultivated piece of land used as pasture, from Middle Low German drīsch ‘fallow land’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (in Hessian dialect treis), in Hesse or on the Mosel river. Alternatively, in some instances it may be from a short form of the personal name Andreas (see Andrew).
Girl/Female
Latin American English Irish
Grace.
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Tracy, TRACE means "place of Thracius."
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACI means "place of Thracius."
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American English French
Brave.
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACIE means "place of Thracius."
Female
English
Feminine form of English Ossian, OSSIA means "little deer."
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Gujarati, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Muslim, Portuguese, Swedish
Mercy; God's Favor; Grace; Grace of God; Kindness; Thanks; Love; Favour; Blessing; Charm; Good will
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Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Female Saint
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
The Supreme Truth; Intelligent
Boy/Male
Teutonic English
Rich.
Girl/Female
Latin
Golden.
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of Sai Baba
Male
English
Modern English form of Middle English Alvred, ALFRED means "elf counsel."Â
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Hebrew
Short Form of Henrietta; Generous; Ruler of the House; Female Version of Henry
Male
German
Frisian pet form of German Anton, possibly TÖNJES means "invaluable."Â
Boy/Male
French, German, Greek
God Given
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
One who Lives Long; An Edifice or a Building
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v. t.
To supply with heavenly grace.
n.
A tract or area, as of land.
n.
A fossil track resembling that of a bird.
imp. & p. p.
of Trace
v.
The trade winds.
a.
Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
n.
A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
n.
The fossil track of a saurian.
v. t.
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
v. t.
To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
v.
Track; trace.
n.
A gossip.
n.
One who, or that which, traces.
v. t.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
n.
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
v. t.
Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
v. t.
To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
a.
Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
v. t.
To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
v. t.
To run a race with.