a. Zool. [f. as prec. + -OID.] Of the form or kind of the torpedo or electric ray; belonging to the Torpedinoidea or Torpedinidæ considered as a group distinct from the true rays and the saw-fishes.
1882. D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Amer., 38. Super-family Torpedinoidea (The Torpedinoid Rays.)
