scaly
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scaly
- /ˈskeɪli/
Rhymes with -eɪli
Where it comes from
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
adjective scalier · scaliest
- Covered or abounding with scales. a scaly fish a scaly stem
- Composed of scales lying over each other. a scaly bulb
- Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
- low, mean. a scaly fellow
Similar: scaled, scaly, scarious, squamate, squamated, squamiferous, squamoid, furfuraceous, squamous, squamulose, squarrose
noun scalies
- The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
