Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Conodontophorida | Yes | No | No | No |
conodont | Yes | No | No | No |
Conodontophorida (noun) | conodont (noun) |
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extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum | 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 |
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta |