Conodont (Noun)
Meaning 1
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.