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Where does “Dasyatoidea” come from?

Dasyatoidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual -oidea, from Latin -oideus — resembling.

Ancestry of “Dasyatoidea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-oidea-like, -oid; resembling
2Latin-oideusresembling
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