cartilaginous

comparative more cartilaginous · superlative most cartilaginous · alternative cartilagenous · alternative cartilagineous · alternative cartiliginous

1. Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
   1. anatomyRelated to or resembling cartilage.
   2. anatomyHaving a skeleton of cartilage.

      Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.

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      [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

2. biologyHaving a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.