English noun: conodont | |||
1. | conodont (animal) the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tooth | ||
2. | conodont (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate | ||
Member meronym | Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodonta, order Conodontophorida | ||