Scolecodont

noun

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Noun

1
The fossilized jaw of a polychaete annelid.
"Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan"

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"Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan"

Etymology

From scolex + -odont.

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