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scal·y
(skā′lē)adj. scal·i·er, scal·i·est
1. Covered or partially covered with scales.
2. Shedding scales or flakes; flaking.
scal′i·ness n.
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scaly
(ˈskeɪlɪ)adj, scalier or scaliest
1. resembling or covered in scales
2. peeling off in scales
ˈscaliness n
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scal•y
(ˈskeɪ li)adj. scal•i•er, scal•i•est.
1. covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
2. characterized by or consisting of scales.
3. peeling or flaking in scales.
4. shabby; despicable.
[1520–30]
scal′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | scaly - rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms |
| 2. | scaly - having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals |
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scaly
adjective
1. squamous, squamate, lamellose, lamelliform The brown rat has prominent ears and a long scaly tail.
2. flaky, scabrous, scurfy, furfuraceous (Medical), squamous or squamose (Biology), squamulose If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
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Translations
حَرْشَفي
šupinatý
hreistraîur
šupinatý
kabuklupullu
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scaly
[ˈskeɪli] adj (= covered in scales) [animal, tail] → écailleux/euse
(= flaky) [skin] → qui se desquame
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scaly
adj (+er)
skin, creature → schuppig; walls → abblätternd
kettle, pipe → verkalkt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scaly
[ˈskeɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → squamoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scale3
(skeil) noun any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc. A herring's scales are silver in colour.
ˈscaly adjective (of fish etc) covered with scales.
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scal·y
a. escamoso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
scaly
adj (comp -ier; super -iest) escamosoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.