ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdäntəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cochliodont-, Cochliodus, type genus (from cochli-, from Greek kochlos, a kind of shellfish + New Latin -odus ) + -idae — more at cochlea
: a family of Carboniferous and Permian tectospondylic elasmobranch fishes having the few teeth broad and arched