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Definition of Scaleless
1. Adjective. Destitute of scales.
Definition of Scaleless
1. a. Destitute of scales.
Definition of Scaleless
1. Adjective. (zoology) Not having scales. ¹
2. Adjective. Not having a reference for size, lacking anything to give a sense of scale. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a surface) Free from deposits of scale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scaleless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaleless
Literary usage of Scaleless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1886)
"It reaches a weight of 100 Ibs. The Spanish mackerel are almost scaleless.
A species of bonito (.SVm//í) occurs in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Spines of the fins feeble. Dorsal scaleless. Vomerine teeth... 21. M.EXA.
Spines of the fins very feeble. Dorsal scaleless. Vomerine teeth none 22. ..."
3. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1875)
"Several varieties of scaleless or almost scaleless fishes (order Silu- ...
It is one of the best-tasted of the scaleless tribe, and a wholesome table fish, ..."
4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"On the underside, the forewings each have a smaller scaleless patch ... A remarkable
thing about the insect is that the scaleless portions of the wings are ..."
5. A Book of the Running Brook: And of Still Waters by Gertrude Elizabeth Blood Campbell (1886)
"It is practical evolution —from full scale to scaleless types. ... This sublimated
and scaleless type of carp, which should be " as smooth as a frog," is ..."
6. How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central by Henry Morton Stanley (1872)
"This fish is scaleless. It is the same kind which we find in the pools and rivers
... A scaleless fish, 7 inches long, 4 inches broad, marked with pale inky ..."
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