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# cartilaginous

adjective (cartilaginous)

«cartilaginous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made of cartilage, the tough, bendy tissue found in your ears, nose and the ends of bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#m1)
2. (of fish) Having a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone, like sharks and rays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on animals, «cartilaginous fish» (sharks, rays, skates) are one big group of fish; «bony fish» (like salmon and goldfish) are the other. In lessons on the body, cartilage cushions joints. It tells the reader about a bendy, rubbery material.

### Examples

- Sharks are cartilaginous fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x1)
- Your ears are cartilaginous, so they bend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x2)
- Rays and skates have cartilaginous skeletons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x3)
- The tip of your nose is cartilaginous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x4)
- Cartilaginous fish have no swim bladder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x5)
- We compared cartilaginous fish with bony fish in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from «cartilage». Said «kar-ti-LAJ-i-nus». Long, scientific word; in plain talk say «made of cartilage» or «gristly». Sharks do not have bones at all, apart from teeth, which are not bone either.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cartilaginous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartilaginous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cartilaginous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cartilaginous.html) on Mova free.