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 A taxonomic superorder within the class Chondrichthyes – rays. ==== Synonyms ==== Rajomorphii ==== 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 Category:Batoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons