Definitions for cartilaginous

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cartilaginous car·ti·lag·i·nous

Spelling: [kahr-tl-aj-uh-nuh s]

IPA: /ˌkɑr tlˈædʒ ə nəs/

Cartilaginous is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 2394 anagrams from letters in cartilaginous (aacgiilnorstu).

Definitions for cartilaginous

adjective

1. of or resembling cartilage.
2. having a skeleton composed either entirely or mainly of cartilage, as vertebrates of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, rays, and skates.

Origin of cartilaginous

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin cartilāginōsus, equivalent to cartilāgin- (stem of cartilāgō) cartilage + -ōsus Examples for cartilaginous

The cartilaginous fishes include the Sharks, Dogfishes, and Rays.

The endoskeleton is cartilaginous and true bone is never found.

The stem is cartilaginous and continuous with the pileus, but of a different texture.

(c) the cartilaginous capsules of the three pairs of sense organs.

Thin, cartilaginous babies that stretch when they are lifted.

The sternum is cartilaginous, and both it and the shoulder-girdle are very simple.

The median fins are supported by cartilaginous pieces, the radiale.

There is a cartilaginous covering of the brain of cephalopods.

Then it spreads and attacks the cartilaginous portions of the body.

The methods with cartilaginous fishes will be considered later.