semi-cartilaginousadj.
Of a texture approaching that of cartilage. Of fishes: Having a semi-cartilaginous skeleton.
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gristly1398
cartilaginous?1541
cartilagineous1646
subcartilaginous1715
subcartilagineous1727
semi-cartilaginous1805
chondral1810
cartilaginiform1830
chondroid1849
cartilaginoid1859
intracartilaginous1887
the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having cartilaginous skeleton
gristly1601
semi-cartilaginous1841
1805 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 2) 102 It is a singular circumstance, that those strong semi-cartilaginous substances should have the power of coagulating milk.
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 374 Such [diseased] kidneys have generally a lobulated form and semicartilaginous hardness.
1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (1887) iv. 95 The semi-cartilaginous..fishes.
1865 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. 553 Exchanged a..semi-cartilaginous spinal cord for an ossified one.
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