CONODONT
Scrabble letter values: C3O1N1O1D2O1N1T1 = 11
Definition
- noun the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.
- noun small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone.
Examples
- “late Cambrian to late Triassic”
- “possible predecessor of the cyclostomes”