conodont

1. 1.

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

   Broadertooth
2. 2.

   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

   Broaderjawless vertebrate

   Part ofConodonta

Other forms of conodont

plural

conodonts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conodont

What does conodont mean?

conodont means "the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conodont?

conodont has 3 syllables: co-no-dont. The stress falls on "co".

Is conodont a common word?

conodont is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.