SCALY

scaly, scaley, scaled

(adjective) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy

(adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

scaly (comparative scalier, superlative scaliest)

Covered or abounding with scales.

Synonyms: squamulose, Thesaurus:scaly

Antonyms: scaleless, esquamulose

Composed of scales lying over each other.

Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

(dated, vulgar or South African) low, mean.

Noun

scaly (plural scalies)

(South Africa) The scaly yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis.

Anagrams

• Clays, acyls, clays

Source: Wiktionary

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Scal"y, a.

1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." Milton.

2. Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.

3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]

4. (Bot.)

Definition: Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), the pangolin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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