Associations to the word «Conodont»

Wiktionary

CONODONT, noun. Any of several extinct fishlike chordates that had conelike teeth
CONODONT, noun. A microfossil tooth of such an animal

Dictionary definition

CONODONT, noun. The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.
CONODONT, noun. Small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes.

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