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Scaly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈskeɪli/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Scaly is an adjective meaning Covered or abounding with scales.

Meaning

Covered or abounding with scales.

More Meanings

  1. Composed of scales lying over each other.
  2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
  3. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
  4. (dated, vulgar or South Africa) low, mean.

Example Sentences

a scaly bulb
a scaly fellow
a scaly fish a scaly stem
Like scaly carp and feathered swan To nature's world we do belong.

Word Forms

Synonyms for scaly

Depending on context, synonyms include lepidote, leprose, scaled, scarious, squamate, squamiferous.

lepidoteleprosescaledscarioussquamatesquamiferoussquamoidsquamoussquamulosesquarrosescabrousrougharmoredscurfyunsmootharmouredscaley

Antonyms for scaly

Common opposites include esquamulose, scaleless.

esquamulosescaleless

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scaled, lepidote, leprose, scurfy, scabrous, scaley.

scaledlepidoteleprosescurfyscabrousscaleyarmoredarmouredroughunsmoothsquamoussquamateskalysquamoseplatedmascledscabratepileousscutatescalelike

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