cartilaginous
cartilaginous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adamant
- adamantean
- adamantine
- ant
- atomic
- block
- board
- bone
- bony
- brick
- buckram
- calculous
- callosity
- cartilage
- cast
- cement
- cohesion
- concrete
- coriaceous
- corneous
- crag
- crystal
- crystallization
- deal
- durity
- firm
- flint
- fossil
- fracture
- glue
- glutinousness
- granite
- granitic
- grasp
- grip
- gristle
- gristly
- gritty
- hard
- harden
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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