conodont

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) +‎ -odont.

Noun

conodont (plural conodonts)

  1. Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
    • 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 30:
      Remains of conodonts, which may be invertebrates or primitive vertebrates, have also become known from the tuffites and bituminous slates of Monte San Giorgio, which became famous for their fish and marine reptile remains.
    • 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 2 May:
      The appearance of tiny teeth elements of an eel-like jawless animal called a conodont, specifically Hindeodus parvus, is the technical herald of the age of the dinosaurs according to the ICS.
  2. A microfossil tooth of such an animal.
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