ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ləˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Rhynchonella, type genus + -idae
: a family of articulate brachiopods that is known from the Ordovician to the Recent and is usually placed in a distinct suborder or superfamily of Telotremata but is sometimes considered to form a separate order