eng: conodont

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/conodont

Meaning
means	(noun) the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta conodont
means	(noun) 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 conodont