Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conodont

2 senses of conodont

Sense 1
conodont -- (the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta)
       => tooth -- (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Sense 2
conodont -- (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)
       => jawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathan -- (eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms)