Cartilagineous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Archaic form of cartilaginous. alt-of, archaic
"[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, […]"
Example
More examples"[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, […]"
Etymology
From French cartilagineux or directly from Latin cartilāginōsus.
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