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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cartilaginous (comparative more cartilaginous, superlative most cartilaginous)
- (anatomy) Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
- Related to or resembling cartilage.
- (zoology, of a vertebrate animal) Having a skeleton of cartilage.
Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.
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:[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, […]
- (mycology) Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
Derived terms
Translations
zoology: having skeleton of cartilage
mycology: having tough or fibrous texture
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References
- “cartilaginous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cartilaginous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- David Arora (1986) Mushrooms Demystified, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, page 913