Batoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek βατίς or βάτος (batís or bátos, “skate, ray”) + -oidea.
From the specific name of the common skate, Dipturus batis, and several ray genera suffixed -batis or -batus. (The genera Batis and Batus derive from alternate senses in Greek and are unrelated.)
Proper noun
Batoidea
- A taxonomic superorder within the class Chondrichthyes – rays.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Chondrichthyes – class; Elasmobranchii - subclass
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Myliobatiformes, Pristiformes, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes, Torpediniformes - orders
- Rajonchocotyle - genus incertae sedis
References
Batoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Batoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Batoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
