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SCALEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scaley mean?
• SCALEY (adjective)
The adjective SCALEY has 1 sense:
1. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
Familiarity information: SCALEY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: scalier
Superlative: scaliest
Superlative: scaliest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
Synonyms:
Similar:
armored; armoured (used of animals; provided with protective covering)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Derivation:
scale (a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals)
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