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Meaning of SCALY

Pronunciation:  'skeylee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (zoology) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
  2. [adj]  (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
 

SCALY is a 5 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: armored, armoured, lepidote, leprose, rough, scabrous, scaled, scaley, scurfy, unsmooth
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scal"y\, a.
1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
   ``Scaly crocodile.'' --Milton.

2. Resembling scales, lamin[ae], or layers.

3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]

4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a
   scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

{Scaly ant-eater} (Zo["o]l.), the pangolin.

 

 

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