Scaly
['skeɪlɪ] or ['skeli]
Definition
(adj.) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles .
Inputed by Carter--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
(a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
(a.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.
(a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
Edited by Janet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Flaky, lamelliform.[2]. [Low.] Mean, scurvy, stingy, contemptible.
Typist: Randall
Examples
- Procure a quantity of the rough outside bark of what is known as scaly-bark hickory tree. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The legs of the fowls, too, are longer than could be desired, and extremely scaly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head, so scaly about the legs, yet so serene, so unspeakably satisfied! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Glenn