conodont
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate |
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(noun) tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of the most primitive vertebrate: the conodont |
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Related Words: tooth |
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