cartilagineous

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A form of cartilaginous — Related to or resembling cartilage.

OriginFrench cartilagineux ← Latin cartilāginōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivecartilagineous (comparative more cartilagineous, superlative most cartilagineous)

comparative more cartilagineous · superlative most cartilagineous

  1. archaicArchaic form of cartilaginous.

    [T]here are other Bodies beſides Shells found in the Earth, reſembling the Teeth and Bones of ſome Fiſhes, […] the Vertebres of Thornbacks and other Cartilagineous Fiſhes there found, and ſold for Stones among the Gloſſopetræ, […]

    1692, John Ray, “Of Formed Stones, Sea-shells, and Other Marine-like Bodies Found at Great Distances from the Shores?”, in Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, page 109

Origin

  1. Latincartilāginōsus
  2. Frenchcartilagineux
  3. Englishcartilagineous

From French cartilagineux or directly from Latin cartilāginōsus.

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APA

cartilagineous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagineous

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“cartilagineous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagineous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartilagineous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagineous.

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