conodont
1. [ noun ] (zoology) tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of the most primitive vertebrate: the conodont
Related terms: tooth
2. [ noun ] (zoology) 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
Related terms: jawless_vertebrate Conodonta
Similar spelling:   Conodonta
  Condon
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  cynodont
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  comedown
  Cynodontia
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  condom
  Cynodon
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