conodonts

pl. [Gr. kōnos =a cone, and odous, gen it, odontos a tooth.] Palæont.: Certain minute bodies which, broadly speaking, seem like conical teeth, but vary much in form. They were first discovered by Pander in the Silurian and Devonian rocks of Ru ia. They have since been found in the Silurian, Devonian, and A non-connotative term is one which signifies a subject only or an attribute only. John and whitene (already mentioned) are non-connotative. Connotative names have also been called DENOMINATIVE (q.v.). (J. S. Mill : Logic (2d ed.), bk. i., ch. ii., § 5.] con-note', v. t. . [Lat.con=together, and no to =to watch, to distinguish by means of a mark.] A. Transitive: +1. Ord. Lang.: To note along with something else; to imply, to betoken. "Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitablene of it to some other thing."-South. 2. Logic : To note a subject directly and an attribute indirectly. "The name therefore is said to signify the subjects directly, the attributes indirectly; it denotes the subjects, and implies, or involves, or indicates, or as we shall say henceforth connotes the attributes." -John S. Mill : Logio (2d ed.), bk. i., ch. ii., § 5. B. In trans.: To have a meaning in connection with another word.