cartilaginous, a.
(kɑːtɪˈlædʒɪnəs)
[ad. F. cartilagineux, or L. cartilāginōs-us, f. cartilāgin-em cartilage: see -ous.]
1. Of the nature of, or consisting of, cartilage.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., The places about the lachrymall..and the palpebres neyghbours cartylagynouses. 1710 Steele & Addison Tatler No. 260 ¶5 The Gristle or Cartilaginous Substance. 1851 Richardson Geol. viii. 278 In the Sturgeon the skeleton is cartilaginous. |
b. Zool. cartilaginous fishes: an order of fishes having a cartilaginous skeleton.
| 1695 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth vi. (1723) 271 Fish..of the cartilaginous and squammose..kinds. 1769 Pennant Zool. III. 57 Many of the cartilaginous fish are viviparous. 1847 Carpenter Zool. §579. |
2. Bot. Of the texture of cartilage.
| 1677 Grew Anat. Seeds iv. §22 The Inner Cover [of the Seed] is also Cartilaginous or Horney. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 137 Albumen..between horny and cartilaginous. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 80 [Holly] leaves glossy..with waved spinous cartilaginous margins. |