'Scaly' definitions:
Definition of 'scaly'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Scaly'
From: GCIDE
- Scaly \Scal"y\, a.
- 1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. [1913 Webster]
- Scaly ant-eater (Zool.), the pangolin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scaly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asperous,
- branny,
- chalklike,
- chalky,
- comminute,
- comminuted,
- crushed,
- detrital,
- detrited,
- disintegrated,
- dusty,
- efflorescent,
- farinaceous,
- fine,
- flaky,
- flocculent,
- floury,
- furfuraceous,
- gone to dust,
- grated,
- ground,
- imbricated,
- impalpable,
- lamellar,
- lamellate,
- laminar,
- lentiginous,
- lepidote,
- levigated,
- mealy,
- milled,
- pestled,
- powdered,
- powdery,
- pulverant,
- pulverized,
- pulverulent,
- reduced to powder,
- rough,
- scabby,
- scabious,
- scabrous,
- scobicular,
- scobiform,
- scruffy,
- scurfy,
- sharded,
- shingly,
- shredded,
- squamous,
- triturated