adj
Meaning 1
Covered or abounding with scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a scaly fish a scaly stem
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squamulose
Antonyms: scaleless, esquamulose
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adj
Covered or abounding with scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: squamulose
Antonyms: scaleless, esquamulose
adj
Composed of scales lying over each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
low, mean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, dated, vulgar
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noun
The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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adjective satellite
having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scaley, scaled
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scurfy
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.