Definition of conodont Conodont

co•no•dont

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Noun Plural: conodonts
conodont - 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
		agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
conodont - the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta

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conodont (Noun)
Any of several extinct fishlike chordates that had conelike teeth.
conodont (Noun)
A microfossil tooth of such an animal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

conodont (n.)
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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conodont, noun, singular of conodonts.

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