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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•ti•lag•i•nous (kär′tl aj′ə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomy, Zoologyof or resembling cartilage.
- Fish, Anatomy, Zoologyhaving a skeleton composed either entirely or mainly of cartilage, as vertebrates of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, rays, and skates.
- Latin cartilāginōsus, equivalent. to cartilāgin- (stem of cartilāgō) cartilage + -ōsus -ous
- late Middle English 1375–1425
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