cartilaginous

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car·ti·lag·i·nous | \ ˌkär-tə-ˈla-jə-nəs

Definition of cartilaginous

: composed of, relating to, or resembling cartilage The external nose has a cartilaginous framework.

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Recent Examples on the Web The fish do not have bones but instead are cartilaginous, meaning their bodies are riddled with stiff armor-like plates and bone-like cartilage, Gizmodo reports. — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022 Recent investigations into shark vision have expanded scientists’ understanding of how the cartilaginous predators see their environment: probably in grayscale and with a minimal ability to see detail. — Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 And while fossilized shark skeletons are hard to come by due to their cartilaginous skeletons, their teeth and dermal denticles (scales) are a bit more common. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021 These creatures don't leave behind bones, but rather calcified fragments of their cartilaginous vertebrae and an occasional tooth. — Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2021 Ordinarily, a frog that’s lost a leg will regrow a cartilaginous spike in its place. — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021 The cartilaginous ridges, troughs and protuberances of the outer ear also alter sound before it is transduced into nerve signals. — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020 Strips of black fungus trailed out of the meatballs, giving them a cartilaginous crunch. — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2020 Those sandwiches, with their rib-sticking meatiness and gentle cartilaginous crunch, fed the Freedom Riders, fed blues musicians, and have been feeding this neighborhood ever since. — Matt Goulding, The Atlantic, 19 June 2020 See More

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