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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cartilaginous
    adj 1: of or relating to cartilage
    2: difficult to chew [syn: cartilaginous, gristly,
       rubbery]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cartilaginous \Car`ti*lag"i*nous\, a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F.
   cartilagineux.]
   1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough
      like cartilage.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]
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