a. [ad. F. cartilagineux, or L. cartilāginōs-us, f. cartilāgin-em cartilage: see -OUS.]
1. Of the nature of, or consisting of, cartilage.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. The places about the lachrymall … and the palpebres neyghbours cartylagynouses.
1710. Steele & Addison, Tatler, No. 260, ¶ 5. The Gristle or Cartilaginous Substance.
1851. Richardson, Geol., viii. 278. In the Sturgeon the skeleton is cartilaginous.
b. Zool. Cartilaginous fishes: an order of fishes having a cartilaginous skeleton.
1695. Woodward, Nat. Hist. Earth, VI. (1723), 271. Fish … of the cartilaginous and squammose … Kinds.
1769. Pennant, Zool., III. 57. Many of the cartilaginous fish are viviparous.
1847. Carpenter, Zool., § 579.
2. Bot. Of the texture of cartilage.
1677. Grew, Anat. Seeds, iv. § 22. The Inner Cover [of the Seed] is also Cartilaginous or Horney.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 137. Albumen … between horny and cartilaginous.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 80. [Holly] leaves glossy … with waved spinous cartilaginous margins.
