cartilaginous

[ kahr-tl-aj-uh-nuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or resembling cartilage.
having a skeleton composed either entirely or mainly of cartilage, as vertebrates of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, rays, and skates.

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin cartilāginōsus, equivalent to cartilāgin- (stem of cartilāgō ) cartilage + -ōsus -ous

The form of his ears resembles that of man, excepting the cartilaginous part being thin, like the apes.

The windpipe is composed of a series of cartilaginous or gristly rings connected together by softer tissues.

The windpipe is made up of cartilaginous rings completed by membrane, muscle, etc. (behind).

This cartilaginous tube, the top of which may easily be felt as the Adam's apple of the throat, divides into two bronchi.

These gills are covered with a small lid, and with a membrane, supported by cartilaginous threads.

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