scaly

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishscali,skaly.Bysurface analysis,scale+‎-y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈskeɪli/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-eɪli

Adjective

scaly(comparativescalier,superlativescaliest)

1. Coveredoraboundingwithscales.

   Synonyms:squamulose;see alsoThesaurus:scaly

   Antonyms:scaleless,esquamulose

   ascalyfish  ascalystem

2. Composedof scaleslyingover each other.

   ascalybulb

3. Resemblingscales,laminae,orlayers.
4. (dated,vulgarorSouth Africa)low,mean.

   ascalyfellow

   • 1923,P. G. Wodehouse,chapter II, inLeave It to Psmith:

     This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “Ascalyneighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.

Synonyms

• (covered with scales):lepidote(bot.),leprose(bot.)
• (resembling scales):leprose(bot.)

Antonyms

• (rare)unscaly

Derived terms

• scalily
• scaliness
• scaly anteater
• scaly-breasted lorikeet
• scaly clam
• scaly legs
• scaly-sided merganser
• scaly tetter
• scaly thrush

Translations

covered or abounding with scales

• Arabic:مُحَرْشَف(muḥaršaf),حَرْشَفِيّ(ḥaršafiyy)
• Bulgarian:люспест(ljuspest)
• Catalan:escamós
• Czech:šupinatý,šupinový
• Esperanto:skvama
• French:écailleux(fr)
• German:schuppig(de)
• Greek:

  Ancient:λεπιδωτός(lepidōtós)

• Ingrian:soomukas
• Latin:squāmeus,squāmōsus
• Latvian:zvīņains
• Occitan:escamós
• Old English:scilig,scorfed
• Plautdietsch:scheepich
• Polish:łuskowaty(pl)
• Portuguese:escamoso(pt)
• Romanian:solzos(ro),scuamos
• Russian:чешу́йчатый(ru)(češújčatyj)
• Spanish:escamoso
• Swedish:fjällig(sv)

resembling scales, laminae, or layers

• Polish:łuskowaty(pl)
• Russian:чешу́йчатый(ru)(češújčatyj)
• Spanish:escuamiforme

Noun

A drawing of a scaly yellowfish

scaly(pluralscalies)

1. (South Africa)Thescaly yellowfish(Labeobarbus natalensis).

References

• Scaly yellowfishon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Labeobarbuson Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Labeobarbuson Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Clays,acyls,clays