conodont

[ koh-nuh-dont, kon-uh- ]

/ ˈkoʊ nəˌdɒnt, ˈkɒn ə- /

noun

a Paleozoic microfossil occurring in various jagged or toothlike shapes and constituting the hard remains of an extinct marine animal of the order Conodonta (or Conodontophorida), found abundantly worldwide in sedimentary rock.

Origin of conodont

1855–60; <German Conodonten (plural) <Greek kôn(os) cone + -odont-odont

Words nearby conodont

connotation, connotative, connote, Conn's syndrome, connubial, conodont, conoid, Conon, conoscenti, conoscope, conquer

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British Dictionary definitions for conodont

conodont

/ (ˈkəʊnədɒnt, ˈkɒn-) /

noun

any of various small Palaeozoic toothlike fossils derived from an extinct eel-like marine animal

Word Origin for conodont

C19: from Greek kōnos cone + odont

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Scientific definitions for conodont

conodont

[ kō′nə-dŏnt′, kŏn′ə- ]

Any of various minute, toothlike or bladelike fossils made of the mineral apatite and dating from the Cambrian to the late Triassic Period. They are virtually the only preserved parts of extinct eellike animals that are now thought to have been primitive vertebrates similar to the modern hagfishes. Conodonts grew in paired assemblages in the head region of the animal and probably formed part of the feeding apparatus. They are the most widespread microfossils of the Paleozoic Era and are very important for determining the age of rock strata.

单词	conodont
释义	conodont [ koh-nuh-dont, kon-uh- ] / ˈkoʊ nəˌdɒnt, ˈkɒn ə- / noun a Paleozoic microfossil occurring in various jagged or toothlike shapes and constituting the hard remains of an extinct marine animal of the order Conodonta (or Conodontophorida), found abundantly worldwide in sedimentary rock. Origin of conodont 1855–60; <German Conodonten (plural) <Greek kôn(os) cone + -odont-odont Words nearby conodont connotation, connotative, connote, Conn's syndrome, connubial, conodont, conoid, Conon, conoscenti, conoscope, conquer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for conodont conodont / (ˈkəʊnədɒnt, ˈkɒn-) / noun any of various small Palaeozoic toothlike fossils derived from an extinct eel-like marine animal Word Origin for conodont C19: from Greek kōnos cone + odont Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for conodont conodont [ kō′nə-dŏnt′, kŏn′ə- ] Any of various minute, toothlike or bladelike fossils made of the mineral apatite and dating from the Cambrian to the late Triassic Period. They are virtually the only preserved parts of extinct eellike animals that are now thought to have been primitive vertebrates similar to the modern hagfishes. Conodonts grew in paired assemblages in the head region of the animal and probably formed part of the feeding apparatus. They are the most widespread microfossils of the Paleozoic Era and are very important for determining the age of rock strata. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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