"scaly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskeɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scalier [comparative], scaliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly, equivalent to scale + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scali}} Middle English scali, {{m|enm|skaly}} skaly, {{af|en|scale|-y}} scale + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scaly (comparative scalier, superlative scaliest)
  1. Covered or abounding with scales. Synonyms: squamulose, scaly Synonyms (covered with scales): lepidote (alt: bot.), leprose (alt: bot.) Translations (covered or abounding with scales): λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós) (Ancient Greek), مُحَرْشَف (muḥaršaf) (Arabic), حَرْشَفِيّ (ḥaršafiyy) (Arabic), люспест (ljuspest) (Bulgarian), escamós (Catalan), šupinatý (Czech), šupinový (Czech), écailleux (French), schuppig (German), soomukas (Ingrian), squāmeus (Latin), squāmōsus (Latin), zvīņains (Latvian), escamós (Occitan), scilig (Old English), scorfed (Old English), scheepich (Plautdietsch), łuskowaty (Polish), escamoso (Portuguese), solzos (Romanian), scuamos (Romanian), чешу́йчатый (češújčatyj) (Russian), escamoso (Spanish), fjällig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scaly-en-adj-Q3E42fNf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 15 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 16 14 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 22 15 18 19 Disambiguation of 'covered with scales': 52 21 28 0 Disambiguation of 'covered or abounding with scales': 77 11 10 3
  2. Composed of scales lying over each other.
    Sense id: en-scaly-en-adj-EJxrGaNw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 15 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 16 14 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 22 15 18 19
  3. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. Synonyms (resembling scales): leprose (alt: bot.) Translations (resembling scales, laminae, or layers): чешу́йчатый (češújčatyj) (Russian), escuamiforme (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scaly-en-adj-PDu44RKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 15 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 16 14 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 22 15 18 19 Disambiguation of 'resembling scales': 25 19 56 0 Disambiguation of 'resembling scales, laminae, or layers': 13 10 75 2
  4. (dated, vulgar or South Africa) low, mean. Tags: South-Africa, dated, vulgar
    Sense id: en-scaly-en-adj-CbX2WWyP Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 15 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 16 14 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 22 15 18 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scaled [zoology, biology, natural-sciences], scaly, scarious [zoology, biology, natural-sciences], squamate [zoology, biology, natural-sciences], squamated, squamiferous, squamoid, squamous, squamulose [botany, biology, natural-sciences, mycology, biology, natural-sciences, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], squarrose Hypernyms: rough Hyponyms: lepidopterous, undescaled Derived forms: scalily, scaliness, scaly anteater, scaly-breasted lorikeet, scaly clam, scaly legs, scaly-sided merganser, scaly tetter, scaly thrush

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskeɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scalies [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly, equivalent to scale + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scali}} Middle English scali, {{m|enm|skaly}} skaly, {{af|en|scale|-y}} scale + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaly (plural scalies)
  1. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis). Tags: South-Africa Categories (lifeform): Cyprinids
    Sense id: en-scaly-en-noun-SHakdxUr Disambiguation of Cyprinids: 18 16 15 19 32 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 15 14 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 16 14 25 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 25 22 15 18 19

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "scilig"
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          "word": "łuskowaty"
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          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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          "text": "a scaly bulb",
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          "lie#Verb"
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          "resemble"
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          "layer#Noun"
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          "alt": "bot.",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "češújčatyj",
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          "sense": "resembling scales, laminae, or layers",
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          "text": "a scaly fellow",
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          "ref": "1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter II, in Leave It to Psmith",
          "text": "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. “A scaly neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.",
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        "low, mean."
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      "ipa": "/ˈskeɪli/"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "مُحَرْشَف"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "حَرْشَفِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljuspest",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "люспест"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamós"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "šupinatý"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "écailleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "schuppig"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "lepidōtós",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "λεπιδωτός"
    },
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "soomukas"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "squāmeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "zvīņains"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamós"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "scilig"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "scorfed"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "scheepich"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "łuskowaty"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamoso"
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "чешу́йчатый"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamoso"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "fjällig"
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      "word": "чешу́йчатый"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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}

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