Batoidei

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Batoidei \Ba*toi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`tos a kind of
     ray + -oid.] (Zool.)
     The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Batoidei
       n : fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays;
           skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes [syn: {Rajiformes}, {order
           Rajiformes}, {order Batoidei}]