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Cartilaginous
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
(2):
(a.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cartilaginous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cartilaginous.html. 1828.