conodont

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Definitions of conodont word

noun conodont any of various small Palaeozoic toothlike fossils derived from an extinct eel-like marine animal 3
noun conodont a very small fossil of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, prob. a tooth from an extinct, eel-like vertebrate 3
noun conodont a Paleozoic microfossil occurring in various jagged or toothlike shapes and constituting the hard remains of an extinct marine animal of the order Conodonta (or Conodontophorida), found abundantly worldwide in sedimentary rock. 1
noun conodont An extinct marine animal of the Cambrian to Triassic periods, having a long wormlike body, numerous small teeth, and a pair of eyes. It is now believed to be the earliest vertebrate. 1
noun conodont Any of several extinct fishlike chordates that had conelike teeth. 0
noun conodont A microfossil tooth of such an animal. 0

before 1855

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1855-60; < German Conodonten (plural) < Greek kôn(os) cone + -odont -odont

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