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BATOIDEI

Dictionary entry overview: What does Batoidei mean?

• BATOIDEI (noun)
The noun BATOIDEI has 1 sense:

1. fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes

Familiarity information: BATOIDEI used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BATOIDEI (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Batoidei; order Batoidei; order Rajiformes; Rajiformes

Hypernyms ("Batoidei" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Batoidei"):

family Pristidae; Pristidae (large primitive rays with elongated snouts)

family Rhinobatidae; Rhinobatidae (primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies)

Dasyatidae; family Dasyatidae (sting rays)

family Myliobatidae; Myliobatidae (eagle rays)

family Mobulidae; Mobulidae (large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas)

family Rajidae; Rajidae (bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates)

Holonyms ("Batoidei" is a member of...):

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)

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