scaly.
Covered or abounding with scales.
Meaning & usage
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
Where this word comes from
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
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