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Meaning of BATOIDEI

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 Definition: [n]  fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
 
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 Synonyms: order Batoidei, order Rajiformes, Rajiformes
 
 See Also: animal order, Dasyatidae, Elasmobranchii, family Dasyatidae, family Mobulidae, family Myliobatidae, family Pristidae, family Rajidae, family Rhinobatidae, Mobulidae, Myliobatidae, Pristidae, Rajidae, Rhinobatidae, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ba*toi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`tos a kind of
ray + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
 

 

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