scaly

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

écailleux

squameux

couvert d’écailles

entartré

lamellé

rugueux

tartreux

escaladée

escaladées

escaladés

Opposé de

scaleless, esquamulose

Synonymes

squamous

scaled

scurfy

squamate

leprose

scaley

lepidote

scabrous

rough

flaky

squamatose

barred

premycotic

cracked

despicable

mean

poor

scabby

speckled

variegated

scale-like

scalelike

Traductions

escamoso

schuppig

squamoso

escatós

alçak

escuamiforme

schuppenförmig

φολιδωτός

scaglioso

que tiene escamas

raspós

Schuppenform

fischschuppig

maßstabgerecht

escamós

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskeɪli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scali

In summary

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