conodont
NOUN
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
conodont is a valid 8-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1N1O1D2O1N1T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does conodont mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
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.
BROADER
2
The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.
BROADER