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Batoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
mul βάτος oidea grc βατίς or βάτος skate, ray.
From the specific name of the common skate, Dipturus batis species, and several ray genera suffixed -batis or -batus. (The genera Batis genus and Batus genus derive from alternate senses in Greek and are unrelated.)
Proper noun
superorder class Chondrichthyes rays
Synonyms
Rajomorphii superorder
Hypernyms
superorder ; Elasmobranchii subclass
Hyponyms
superorder Myliobatiformes order, Pristiformes order, Rajiformes order, Rhinopristiformes order, Torpediniformes order orders
Rajonchocotyle genus genus incertae sedis
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