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cartilaginous, a.|kɑːtɪˈlædʒɪnəs|
[ad. F. cartilagineux, or L. cartilāginōs-us, f. cartilāgin-em cartilage: see -ous.]
1. Of the nature of, or consisting of, cartilage.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., The places about the lachrymall..and the palpebres neyghbours cartylagynouses. 1710Steele & Addison Tatler No. 260 ⁋5 The Gristle or Cartilaginous Substance. 1851Richardson Geol. viii. 278 In the Sturgeon the skeleton is cartilaginous.
b. Zool. cartilaginous fishes: an order of fishes having a cartilaginous skeleton.
1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth vi. (1723) 271 Fish..of the cartilaginous and squammose..kinds. 1769Pennant Zool. III. 57 Many of the cartilaginous fish are viviparous. 1847Carpenter Zool. §579.
2. Bot. Of the texture of cartilage.
1677Grew Anat. Seeds iv. §22 The Inner Cover [of the Seed] is also Cartilaginous or Horney. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 137 Albumen..between horny and cartilaginous. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 80 [Holly] leaves glossy..with waved spinous cartilaginous margins. |