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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
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
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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