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cartilaginous

American  
[kahr-tl-aj-uh-nuhs] / ˌkɑr tlˈædʒ ə nəs /

adjective

  1. of or resembling cartilage.

  2. having a skeleton composed either entirely or mainly of cartilage, as vertebrates of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, rays, and skates.

Other Word Forms

  • intercartilaginous adjective
  • postcartilaginous adjective
  • precartilaginous adjective
  • pseudocartilaginous adjective

Etymology

Origin of cartilaginous

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

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