conodont

Other forms: conodonts

Definitions of conodont

1. noun

   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
   type of:

   agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate

   eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
2. noun

   the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
   type of:

   tooth

   hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense