scaly
scaly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 22 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
- 2.Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
- 3.(Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), the pangolin.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- discoid
- filmy
- flaky
- foliaceous
- foliated
- graphitic
- lamellar
- lamellated
- lamelliform
- laminated
- laminiferous
- membranous
- micaceous
- pellicular
- schistose
- schistous
- spathic
- spathose
- squamous
- stratified
- stratiform
- tabular
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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