Batoidea

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

  1. A taxonomic superorder within the class Chondrichthyes – rays.

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