Lexic.us

Definition of Scaly

1. Adjective. Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.

2. Adjective. Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.

Definition of Scaly

1. a. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.

Definition of Scaly

1. Adjective. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. ¹

2. Adjective. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. ¹

3. Adjective. (dated vulgar or South African) Mean; low. ¹

4. Adjective. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scaly

1. peeling off in flakes [adj SCALIER, SCALIEST]

Medical Definition of Scaly

1. 1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." 2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. 3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. 4. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater, the pangolin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaly

scalpal scalped scalpels scalper scalpers scalpings scalpins scalpless scalpriform scalpriform incisors

scalprum scalprums scalps scaly (current term) scaly-sided merganser scaly-winged scaly anteater scaly anteaters scaly fern scaly leg

scaly lentinus scaly pholiota scaly polypore scaly ringworm scaly tetter scalyfoot scam scam artist

Literary usage of Scaly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"The papular venereal disease. 2. The pustular venereal disease. 3. The tubercular venereal disease. 4. The scaly venereal disease. The last of the series, ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"scaly Diseases of the Skin. By Robert Willan, MD &t. 4/0. I/. 4/. sewed. Johnson. WE have waited in expectation of another fasciculus of this work, ..."

3. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"Fertile flowers solitary, scaly-bracted, consisting of a single ... with scattered branches, linear rigid distichous leaves, and scaly buds. ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"This species is divided into four kinds, viz. scaly Red Iron-ore, ... 239-—Red scaly Iron- ore, Aikin, p. 100. External Characters. Its most frequent colour ..."

5. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1804)
"Frond pinnatifid, lanceolate, scaly be. neath. SYN. Scolopendrium Ceterach. ... The stalk of the frond is black and, shining, more or less scaly! ..."

6. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"The fruiting bodies are soft and fleshy at first and their upper surface is conspicuously marked with dark brown or blackish scaly patches ..."

7. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1917)
"THE CHRONIC RESISTANT MACULAR AND MACULOPAPULAR scaly ... and MacLeod have suggested the designation of "chronic resistant macular and maculopapular scaly ..."

Other Resources: