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cartilaginous
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As an adjective, cartilaginous means comprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
Meanings of cartilaginous
5 meaningsadjective
anatomyComprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
Related to or resembling cartilage.
zoologyof a vertebrate animalHaving a skeleton of cartilage.
“Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.”
mycologyHaving a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
Difficult to chew
Similar: gristly, rubbery
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: difficult to chew
gristlyrubbery
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