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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cartilaginous \Car`ti*lag"i*nous\, a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf F.
cartilagineux.]
1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough
like cartilage.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cartilaginous
adj : difficult to chew [syn: {gristly}, {rubbery}]
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