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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Conodont

/(kō"nō̇*dŏnt)/ · Co·no·dont · IPA
01 n. A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of ma…
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    A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.(Zool.)