scaly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Covered or abounding with scales.
2. Composed of scales lying over each other.
3. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
4. (South-Africa, dated, vulgar) low, mean.

Noun

The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).

Teenoorgestelde van

scaleless, esquamulose

Sinonieme

squamous

scaled

scurfy

squamate

leprose

scaley

lepidote

scabrous

rough

flaky

squamatose

barred

premycotic

cracked

despicable

mean

poor

scabby

speckled

variegated

scale-like

scalelike

Vertalings

escamoso

écailleux

schuppig

squamoso

escatós

alçak

que tiene escamas

escuamiforme

squameux

scaglioso

schuppenförmig

φολιδωτός

maßstabgerecht

fischschuppig

raspós

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈskeɪli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: scali

In summary

From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.