n.
Pronunciation: ' k ō -n ə - ˌ dänt, ' kä-
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary con- (fr. Greek k ō nos cone) + -odont
Date: 1859
: a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that is prob. the remains of an extinct eellike marine animal that may be an invertebrate or primitive vertebrate also : the animal from which conodonts are derived