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单词 scaly
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scaly

(skeɪli)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A scaly animal has small pieces of hard skin covering its body.
The brown rat has prominent ears and a long scaly tail.
Synonyms: squamous, squamate, lamellose, lamelliform More Synonyms of scaly
2. adjective
If someone's skin is scaly, it has dry areas and small pieces of it come off.
If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
Synonyms: flaky, scabrous, scurfy, furfuraceous [medicine] More Synonyms of scaly

scaly in British English

(ˈskeɪlɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: scalier or scaliest
1. 
resembling or covered in scales
2. 
peeling off in scales
Derived forms
scaliness (ˈscaliness)
noun

scaly in American English

(ˈskeɪli)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈscalier or ˈscaliest
1. 
having, covered with, composed of, or resembling a scale or scales
2. 
shedding or yielding scales or flakes
3. 
full of or infested with scale insects

Synonyms of 'scaly'

squamous, squamate, lamellose, lamelliform
flaky, scabrous, scurfy, furfuraceous
More Synonyms of scaly
1 (adjective) 
The brown rat has prominent ears and a long scaly tail.
Synonyms
squamous
squamate
lamellose
lamelliform
2 (adjective) 
If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
Synonyms
flaky
scabrous
scurfy
furfuraceous (medicine)
squamous or squamose (biology)
squamulose

Nearby words of
scaly

  • scale
  • scale something down
  • scale something up
  • scaly
  • scam
  • scamp
  • scamper

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