̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlīd.ˌēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin ventriculus ventricle + New Latin -ites
: a genus (the type of the family Ventriculitidae of the class Hyalospongiae) of fossil often vase-shaped or mushroom-shaped chiefly Cretaceous sponges having a latticed skeleton in which the nodes formed by the crossing of the spicular threads are perforated