"scaly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskeɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaly.wav Forms: scalier [comparative], scaliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scali}} Middle English scali, {{surf|+af|en|scale|-y}} By surface analysis, 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), skvama (Esperanto), 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)
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  2. Composed of scales lying over each other.
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  3. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. Synonyms (resembling scales): leprose (alt: bot.) Translations (resembling scales, laminae, or layers): чешу́йчатый (češújčatyj) (Russian), escuamiforme (Spanish)
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  4. (dated, vulgar or South Africa) low, mean. Tags: South-Africa, dated, vulgar
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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

IPA: /ˈskeɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaly.wav Forms: scalies [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scali}} Middle English scali, {{surf|+af|en|scale|-y}} By surface analysis, scale + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaly (plural scalies)
  1. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis). Tags: South-Africa Categories (lifeform): Cyprinids
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "rare"
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      "word": "unscaly"
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    {
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      "word": "scaly anteater"
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      "word": "scaly-breasted lorikeet"
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      "word": "scaly clam"
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    {
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      "form": "scalier",
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          "word": "squamulose"
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          "word": "scaly"
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          "word": "lepidote"
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          "word": "leprose"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "muḥaršaf",
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          "word": "مُحَرْشَف"
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          "word": "حَرْشَفِيّ"
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          "word": "люспест"
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          "word": "šupinatý"
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          "word": "šupinový"
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          "word": "skvama"
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          "word": "écailleux"
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          "word": "schuppig"
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          "roman": "lepidōtós",
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          "word": "soomukas"
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          "word": "squāmeus"
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          "word": "squāmōsus"
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          "word": "zvīņains"
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          "word": "scilig"
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          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
          "word": "scorfed"
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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          "word": "scheepich"
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          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
          "word": "łuskowaty"
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          "word": "solzos"
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          "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
          "word": "scuamos"
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          "roman": "češújčatyj",
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          "word": "чешу́йчатый"
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      "word": "esquamulose"
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      "word": "scaly anteater"
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      "word": "scaly-breasted lorikeet"
    },
    {
      "word": "scaly clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "scaly legs"
    },
    {
      "word": "scaly-sided merganser"
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      "word": "lepidopterous"
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          "lie#Verb"
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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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      "alt": "bot.",
      "sense": "covered with scales",
      "word": "lepidote"
    },
    {
      "alt": "bot.",
      "sense": "covered with scales",
      "word": "leprose"
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      "alt": "bot.",
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      "word": "leprose"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scaly",
      "word": "scaly"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:scaly",
      "topics": [
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "word": "scarious"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scaly",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scaly",
      "word": "squamous"
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        "natural-sciences",
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:scaly",
      "word": "squarrose"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muḥaršaf",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "مُحَرْشَف"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaršafiyy",
      "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",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "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": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "skvama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "écailleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "schuppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "squāmeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "squāmōsus"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "scilig"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "solzos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "scuamos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "češújčatyj",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "чешу́йчатый"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "escamoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "covered or abounding with scales",
      "word": "fjällig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "češújčatyj",
      "sense": "resembling scales, laminae, or layers",
      "word": "чешу́йчатый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resembling scales, laminae, or layers",
      "word": "escuamiforme"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis)."
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        "(South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis)."
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}

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