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CARTILAGINOUS TUBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duct with cartilaginous walls
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cartilaginous tube" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cartilaginous tube"):
bronchial tube; bronchus (either of the two main branches of the trachea)
trachea; windpipe (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)
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