cartilaginous

Speech parts

1. cartilaginous - Adjective

2. cartilaginous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rubbery gristly strong gristle hard tough stiff durable bony fibrous cartilage adamant tenacious medullary stringy
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Antonyms

minor weak thin soft temporary mild
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Phrases with the word

cartilaginous tissues cartilaginous fishes cartilaginous tissue cartilaginous vertebrate cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates cartilaginous matrix

Examples

Adjacent slits are separated by a cartilaginous gill arch from which projects a cartilaginous gill ray. Source: Internet

Boiling certain cartilaginous cuts of meat or bones results in gelatin being dissolved into the water. Source: Internet

Early cartilaginous ( Chondrichthyes ) and bony fishes ( Osteichthyes ) also become diverse and played a large role within the Devonian seas. Source: Internet

Indeed, in many cartilaginous fish, the anterior portion of the kidney may degenerate or cease to function altogether in the adult. Source: Internet

In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark purple or purplish-brown. Source: Internet

Like a pig, it has a snout ending in a cartilaginous disc, and eyes that are small relative to its head. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cartilagineous cartilaginification cartilaginoid cartilaginous fish cartilaginous fishes cartilaginous matrix