ˌnēə.ˈtreməd.ə, -rēm- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from ne- + -tremata
: an order of inarticulate brachiopods that have the peduncle restricted throughout life to the ventral valve or atrophied in the adults and are known from the Cambrian to the present
• ne·o·tremate ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌmāt noun -s
• ne·o·trema·tous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷_məd.əs adjective