English words for 'The study of conodonts.'
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noun
- the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
- 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
- A microfossil tooth of such an animal.
- (paleontology) Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
noun
- (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- ornamental objects of no great value
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- (figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
- (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
- (mycology) Synonym of armilla.
verb
noun
- the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
- An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
- (zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.
- (anatomy) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
suffix
- (dentistry, paleontology) Forming the names of cusps of lower (mandibular) teeth.
- (mythology) Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name.
- (astronomy) Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.
- (taxonomy) Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
- (not productive outside zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.
- (literature) Forming the names of epic poems.
- (history) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.
- (botany) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.
noun
- (paleontology) Characterized by having vertebrae and three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
- (zoology) Characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair or fur and producing milk with which to feed its young.
- any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
noun
- the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
- 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
- A microfossil tooth of such an animal.
- (paleontology) Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
noun
- (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- ornamental objects of no great value
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- (figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
- (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
- (mycology) Synonym of armilla.
verb
noun
- the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
- An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
- (zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.
- (anatomy) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
noun
- (paleontology) Characterized by having vertebrae and three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
- (zoology) Characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair or fur and producing milk with which to feed its young.
- any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
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