Word: conodonts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
no
donts
Definition: Plural of 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
Morphemes:
Affix: conodont
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κῶνος
Language: grc
Decoded: konos
Meaning: cone
Affix: -odont
Language: en
Decoded: -odont
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: tooth; toothed
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).