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conodont

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…

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Word length
8
Starts with
C
Ends with
T
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta

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