CONODONTA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Conodonta mean? 

• CONODONTA (noun)
  The noun CONODONTA has 1 sense:

1. extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum

  Familiarity information: CONODONTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONODONTA (noun)

Meaning:

Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Conodonta; Conodontophorida; order Conodonta; order Conodontophorida

Hypernyms ("Conodonta" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Conodonta"):

conodont (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)

Holonyms ("Conodonta" is a member of...):

Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)