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scolecodont en · NOUN

Etymology

From scolex + -odont.

Meanings

1. The fossilized jaw of a polychaete annelid.
   • Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan 1938, E. R. Eller, Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan, title:
   • Scolecodonts are the partly organic, fossil remains of the jaw apparatus, a tooth-like structure, of eunicid polychaete annelid worms. 2012, Manfred Schidlowski, Early Organic Evolution: Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources:
   • Striking similarities between scolecodonts and jaws of modern worms has resulted in general agreement that scolecodonts are properly placed in order Errantida of class Polychaetia. 1968, Craig Bond Hatfield, Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Saluda Formation:

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