"conodonts" in the noun sense
1. conodont
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
2. conodont
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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