ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnektədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from orth- + nect- + -ida
: an order or other division of Mesozoa comprising a number of rare parasites of the tissues and cavities of various invertebrates that alternate between an asexual plasmodial generation and a sexual generation resembling the nematogens of dicyemids but having numerous internal cells — compare dicyemida