Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta;
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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conodont \Co"no*dont\ (k[=o]"n[-o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. kw^nos cone
+ 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster] Conodonta
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conodont
n 1: the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate
of order Conodonta
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