SCALELESS

scaleless

(adjective) destitute of scales

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

scaleless (not comparable)

Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size.

Of a surface: free from deposits of scale.

(botany, zoology) Not having scales.

Synonym: esquamulose

Antonyms: scaly, squamulose

Source: Wiktionary


Scale"less, a.

Definition: Destitute of scales.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 October 2024

DATELESS

(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”


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