Definition of Cochliodontidae
:a family of Carboniferous and Permian tectospondylic elasmobranch fishes having the few teeth broad and arched
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Cochliodontidae
plural noun
Co·chli·o·don·ti·dae
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Origin and Etymology of cochliodontidae
New Latin, from Cochliodont-, Cochliodus, type genus (from cochli-, from Greek kochlos, a kind of shellfish + New Latin -odus) + -idae
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