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Cartilagineous

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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, […]"

Etymology

From French cartilagineux or directly from Latin cartilāginōsus.

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