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CONODONTOPHORIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
Synonyms:
Conodonta; Conodontophorida; order Conodonta; order Conodontophorida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Conodontophorida" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Conodontophorida"):
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 ("Conodontophorida" is a member of...):
Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)
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