Associations to the word «Scaly»

Wiktionary

SCALY, adjective. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
SCALY, adjective. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
SCALY, adjective. (dated) (vulgar or South African) Mean; low.
SCALY, adjective. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
SCALY, noun. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis.
SCALY ANTEATER, noun. Any of several species of pangolin.
SCALY ANTEATERS, noun. Plural of scaly anteater
SCALY TETTER, noun. (archaic) psoriasis

Dictionary definition

SCALY, adjective. Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
SCALY, adjective. Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope