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Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

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  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.
  3. adj. of or relating to cartilage
  4. adj. difficult to chew
  5. 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. 2. (Zoöl.) 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.
  6. Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bonescontaining little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, asthe sturgeon and the sharks.
  7. j:100 a. of or relating to cartilage s. difficult to chew