| NOUN | animal | conodont | the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta |
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| animal | conodont | small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone |
| Meaning | The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | tooth | Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Member of | Conodonta, order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida | Extinct order of primitive vertebrates |
| Broader | jawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathan | eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws / jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms |
| Spanish | conodonta | |
| Catalan | conodont | |
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