Cochliodontidae

plural noun

Co·​chli·​o·​don·​ti·​dae

: a family of Carboniferous and Permian tectospondylic elasmobranch fishes having the few teeth broad and arched

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Cochliodont-, Cochliodus, type genus (from cochli-, from Greek kochlos, a kind of shellfish + New Latin -odus) + -idae

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