scaly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Covered or abounding with scales.

   A scaly fish  a scaly stem.

2. 2
   adj

   Composed of scales lying over each other.

   A scaly bulb.

3. 3
   adj

   low, mean.

   A scaly fellow.

4. 4
   adj

   having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

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

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