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cartilaginous

[ kahr-tl-aj-uh-nuhs ]
/ ˌkɑr tlˈædʒ ə nəs /
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adjective
of or resembling cartilage.
having a skeleton composed either entirely or mainly of cartilage, as vertebrates of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, rays, and skates.
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Origin of cartilaginous

1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin cartilāginōsus, equivalent to cartilāgin- (stem of cartilāgō) cartilage + -ōsus-ous

OTHER WORDS FROM cartilaginous

in·ter·car·ti·lag·i·nous, adjectivepost·car·ti·lag·i·nous, adjectivepre·car·ti·lag·i·nous, adjectivepseu·do·car·ti·lag·i·nous, adjective

Words nearby cartilaginous

Carthusian, Cartier, Cartier-Bresson, cartilage, cartilage bone, cartilaginous, cartilaginous fish, Cartland, cartload, cart off, cartogram
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