CONODONT


Meaning of CONODONT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkō-nə-ˌdänt, ˈkä- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary con- (from Greek kōnos cone) + -odont

Date: 1859

: a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that is probably the remains of an extinct eellike marine animal that may be an invertebrate or primitive vertebrate ; also : the animal from which conodonts are derived

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