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trackway

American  
[trak-way] / ˈtrækˌweɪ /

noun

  1. railway.

  2. a path or roadway; track.


Etymology

Origin of trackway

First recorded in 1810–20; track + way 1

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Located near Ouray, the trackway is one of the most continuous and tightly curved sauropod footprint trails ever recorded.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Dr Emma Nichols, from Oxford University's Museum of Natural History, was called in to lead the excavation and said it was the "longest exposed continuous sauropod trackway in the world".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

The long trackway, however, was made by a single individual who left a flatter print, more like that of the Australopithecus at Laetoli.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024

The raptor’s footprints are part of a larger dinosaur trackway discovered in southeastern China in 2020.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

In another five minutes the big train of porters took the road, and spread itself like a serpent up the trackway.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps

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