sign n
1 1986 SAUNDERS xii They sought information about such things as the thickness of the ice, the depth of snow and the abundance or scarcity of 'sign' in this or that trapping area.
2 1987 Evening Telegram 1 Aug, p. 4 There is a sign of squid in Petty Harbour and fishermen are hoping a lucrative squid fishery may save what appears to be another disastrous cod fishery. P 245-90 'We're ten miles off shore and there's still not a sign [of cod-fish].'
