cartilaginousadj.
/kɑːtɪˈladʒɪnəs/ 1.
a. Of the nature of, or consisting of, cartilage.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > [adjective] > as substance
gristly1398
cartilaginous?1541
cartilagineous1646
subcartilaginous1715
subcartilagineous1727
semi-cartilaginous1805
chondral1810
cartilaginiform1830
chondroid1849
cartilaginoid1859
intracartilaginous1887
the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [adjective] > of Chondrichthyes
cartilagineous1646
cartilaginous1710
chondropterygious1826
chondropterygian1881
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Eiv The places about the lachrymall, & the palpebres neyghbours cartylagynouses.
1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 260. ⁋5 The Gristle or Cartilaginous Substance.
1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 278 In the Sturgeon the skeleton is cartilaginous.
b. cartilaginous fishes n. Zoology an order of fishes having a cartilaginous skeleton.
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1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 247 Fish..of the cartilaginous and squammose..kinds.
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 57 Many of the cartilaginous fish are viviparous.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §579.
2. Botany. Of the texture of cartilage.
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the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [adjective] > rigid or spongy
spongy1578
cartilaginous1682
rigescent1848
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iv. iv. 206 The Inner Cover [of the Seed] is also Cartilaginous or Horney.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 137 Albumen..between horny and cartilaginous.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 80 [Holly] leaves glossy..with waved spinous cartilaginous margins.
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adj.?1541