cartilaginous
Comprising soft cartilage rather than boneComprising soft cartilage rather than bone.: Related to or resembling cartilage.
Meaning
3 sensesComprising soft cartilage rather than bone.
Related to or resembling cartilage.
knorpelig
of or relating to cartilage
Having a skeleton of cartilage.
Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.
Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
Examples
1 sentencesThe species eat squid, octopus, Pacific hake and other boney fishes, various cartilaginous fishes, and jawless fishes.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cBorrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology.
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Forms
more cartilaginous, most cartilaginous| Comparative | more cartilaginous Lesson |
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| Superlative | most cartilaginous Lesson |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form