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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf;
[syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy]

2. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles;
[syn: scaly, scaley, scaled]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scaly \Scal"y\, a.
   1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly
      crocodile." --Milton.
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   2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
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   3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
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   4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a
      scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
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   Scaly ant-eater (Zool.), the pangolin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scaly
    adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn:
           lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy]
    2: having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny
       plates, as some fish and reptiles [syn: scaly, scaley,
       scaled]