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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 meronymConodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodonta, order Conodontophorida









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