About The Word Conodont
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Conodont
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What's The Definition Of Conodont?
[n] small (2 in) 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
[n] tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of the most primitive vertebrate: the conodont Synonyms | Synonyms for Conodont: Related Terms | Find terms related to Conodont: See Also | agnathan | Conodonta | Conodontophorida | jawless fish | jawless vertebrate | order Conodonta | order Conodontophorida | tooth Conodont In Webster's Dictionary \Co"no*dont\, n. [Gr. ? cone + ?, ?, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially
in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to
be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably
the jaws of annelids.
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