Definition of Order Batoidei

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

Exact synonyms: Batoidei, Order Rajiformes, Rajiformes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Family Pristidae, Pristidae, Family Rhinobatidae, Rhinobatidae, Dasyatidae, Family Dasyatidae, Family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae, Family Mobulidae, Mobulidae, Family Rajidae, Rajidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Batoidei

order Anseriformes
order Anthocerotales
order Anura
order Aphyllophorales
order Aplacophora
order Apodes
order Apodiformes
order Apterygiformes
order Arales
order Araneae
order Araneida
order Aristolochiales
order Artiodactyla
order Aspergillales
order Auriculariales
order Batoidei (current term)
order Batrachia
order Belemnoidea
order Bennettitales
order Berycomorphi
order Blastocladiales
order Branchiura
order Bryales
order Campanulales
order Caprimulgiformes
order Carnivora
order Caryophyllales
order Casuariiformes
order Casuarinales
order Caudata

Literary usage of Order Batoidei

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Sharks with produced flat snout, armed with teeth on each edge." DISTRIBUTION.—Seas of Japan and Australia. Sub-order BATOIDEI. (Bays.) FAMILY 108. ..."

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