The species eat squid, octopus, Pacific hake and other boney fishes, various cartilaginous fishes, and jawless fishes.
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Cartilaginous
//ˌkɑː.tɪˈlad͡ʒ.ɪn.əs//
Synonyms for "cartilaginous" (25 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- cartilaginós adj (comprising cartilage)
- cartilaginós adj (resembling cartilage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 软骨的 adj (comprising cartilage)
Czech
1 entries- chrupavčitý adj (comprising cartilage)
Esperanto
1 entries- kartilaga adj (comprising cartilage)
Finnish
4 entries- rusto adj (zoology: having skeleton of cartilage)
- rustoinen adj (comprising cartilage)
- rustoinen adj (mycology: having tough or fibrous texture)
- rustomainen adj (resembling cartilage)
French
2 entries- cartilagineux adj (comprising cartilage)
- cartilagineux adj (resembling cartilage)
Galician
1 entries- cartilaxinoso adj (comprising cartilage)
German
1 entries- knorpelig adj (comprising cartilage)
Greek
1 entries- χονδρικός adj (comprising cartilage)
Hungarian
1 entries- porcos adj (comprising cartilage)
Italian
1 entries- cartilaginoso adj (comprising cartilage)
Navajo
1 entries- ooshgę́ęzhii adj (comprising cartilage)
Old English
1 entries- gristlen adj (comprising cartilage)
Polish
4 entries- chrząstkowy adj (comprising cartilage)
- chrząstkowy adj (resembling cartilage)
- chrząstkowy adj (mycology: having tough or fibrous texture)
- chrzęstnoszkieletowy adj (zoology: having skeleton of cartilage)
Romanian
2 entries- cartilaginos adj (comprising cartilage)
- cartilaginos adj (resembling cartilage)
Spanish
2 entries- cartilaginoso adj (comprising cartilage)
- cartilaginoso adj (resembling cartilage)
Turkish
4 entries- kıkırdaklı adj (comprising cartilage)
- kıkırdaklı adj (zoology: having skeleton of cartilage)
- kıkırdaksı adj (comprising cartilage)
- kıkırdaksı adj (resembling cartilage)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.
Source: wiktionary
[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, […]
Source: wiktionary
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