Definition of Cartelaginous
Car`ti*lag"i*nous (?), a. [L.
cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.]
1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly;
firm and tough like cartilage.
2. (Zoöl.) Having the
skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little
or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon
and the sharks.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- comprising of soft cartilage rather than bones
examples:
cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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