scaly
adj/ˈskeɪli/
Etymology
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
- inherited from scali
Definitions
Covered or abounding with scales.
- a scaly fish a scaly stem
- If the lids of the eyes become inflamed and scaly, do not seek to remove the scales roughly, for they will bring the lashes with them.
- Like scaly carp and feathered swan To nature's world we do belong.
Composed of scales lying over each other.
- a scaly bulb
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
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low, mean.
- a scaly fellow
The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
The neighborhood
- synonymscaled
- synonymscaly
- synonymscarious
- synonymsquamate
- synonymsquamated
- synonymsquamiferous
- synonymsquamoid
- synonymfurfuraceous
- synonymsquamous
- synonymsquamulose
- synonymsquarrose
- antonymunscaly
- antonymesquamulose
- antonymnonscaly
- antonymscaleless
- neighborfishlike
- neighborreptilelike
- neighborrough
- neighborlepidopterous
- neighborundescaled
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA