Scaly
adjective
Covered with small hard flat pieces overlapping like roof tiles or fish skin.
The lizard has a rough, scaly skin.
Often appears as...
- scaly skin
- scaly surface
adjective
Having qualities that remind you of reptiles or fish in a negative way.
He described the man as a scaly creature.
Often appears as...
- scaly creature
- scaly character
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
A medical skin condition characterized by rough, flaky patches.
The patient suffers from a scaly dermatitis.
Often appears as...
- scaly dermatitis
- scaly psoriasis
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Covered with small hard flat pieces overlapping like roof tiles or fish skin.
The lizard has a rough, scaly skin.
Often appears as...
- scaly skin
- scaly surface
adjective
Having qualities that remind you of reptiles or fish in a negative way.
He described the man as a scaly creature.
Often appears as...
- scaly creature
- scaly character
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
A medical skin condition characterized by rough, flaky patches.
The patient suffers from a scaly dermatitis.
Often appears as...
- scaly dermatitis
- scaly psoriasis
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Texture emphasis
Use 'scaly' to stress the unique texture that resembles scales.
Her scaly elbow needed moisturizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual appearance
The term 'scaly' often relates to the visual pattern of overlapping pieces.
The dragon's wings were scaly and intimidating.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative association
Sometimes 'scaly' suggests unattractiveness or poor condition.
The scaly walls of the old house creeped her out.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture emphasis
Use 'scaly' to stress the unique texture that resembles scales.
Her scaly elbow needed moisturizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual appearance
The term 'scaly' often relates to the visual pattern of overlapping pieces.
The dragon's wings were scaly and intimidating.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative association
Sometimes 'scaly' suggests unattractiveness or poor condition.
The scaly walls of the old house creeped her out.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture emphasis
Use 'scaly' to stress the unique texture that resembles scales.
Her scaly elbow needed moisturizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual appearance
The term 'scaly' often relates to the visual pattern of overlapping pieces.
The dragon's wings were scaly and intimidating.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative association
Sometimes 'scaly' suggests unattractiveness or poor condition.
The scaly walls of the old house creeped her out.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
unraveled so they're very very scaly and you can see a long long long tail now that tail needs to be long one to balance them because they walk on their back legs only you see their front legs are carried forward almost like a t-rex and in this back tail will actually wrap around like we're seeing now to protect
Video examples
Diving 1000m Below The...
deep-sea mining now that scientists know they're down there they can monitor them more effectively mining hasn't happened yet but we can see that if it does those animals are of the most vulnerable the things you find on the ocean floor aren't all as remarkable as the scaly
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Beyond the edge of the...
in mid-atlantic ridge just a couple of still photographs to show you some of this variety in the top left there are hundreds and hundreds of crown there's scaly foot gastropods mussels shrimp on the mid-atlantic ridge I want to talk a little bit about the shrimp they're
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Earth's mass extinction...
warm-blooded animals take a huge hit at this time the survivors that do get through produced this world of crocodile-like creatures there's no dinosaurs yet just the smo saurian scaly nasty swampy place with a couple of tiny mammals hiding in the fringes and there
Video examples
Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
his long sticky tongue flickering over the branches gathering the ants which swarmed everywhere not a particularly pleasant meal one would have thought but at least his hard scaly coat protects him from the worst of the his stings
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
Warm-blooded animals take a huge hit at this time. The survivors that do get through produce this world of crocodile-like creatures. There's no dinosaurs yet; just this slow, saurian, scaly, nasty,
Video examples
Meet the Lizard Man PIPE...
they are individuals and to express it to the rest of the world by radically marking the visible parts of his body with pointed teeth green scaly skin and Teflon implants under his eyebrows Eric
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I mean there's rough scaly skin and
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I mean there's rough scaly skin and
Video examples
Saving a Pangolin's Life...
and four in asia pangolins are the world's only truly scaly mammals their scales just like human fingernails
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
unraveled so they're very very scaly and you can see a long long long tail now that tail needs to be long one to balance them because they walk on their back legs only you see their front legs are carried forward almost like a t-rex and in this back tail will actually wrap around like we're seeing now to protect
Video examples
Diving 1000m Below The...
deep-sea mining now that scientists know they're down there they can monitor them more effectively mining hasn't happened yet but we can see that if it does those animals are of the most vulnerable the things you find on the ocean floor aren't all as remarkable as the scaly
Video examples
Beyond the edge of the...
in mid-atlantic ridge just a couple of still photographs to show you some of this variety in the top left there are hundreds and hundreds of crown there's scaly foot gastropods mussels shrimp on the mid-atlantic ridge I want to talk a little bit about the shrimp they're
Video examples
Earth's mass extinction...
warm-blooded animals take a huge hit at this time the survivors that do get through produced this world of crocodile-like creatures there's no dinosaurs yet just the smo saurian scaly nasty swampy place with a couple of tiny mammals hiding in the fringes and there
Video examples
Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
his long sticky tongue flickering over the branches gathering the ants which swarmed everywhere not a particularly pleasant meal one would have thought but at least his hard scaly coat protects him from the worst of the his stings
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
Warm-blooded animals take a huge hit at this time. The survivors that do get through produce this world of crocodile-like creatures. There's no dinosaurs yet; just this slow, saurian, scaly, nasty,
Video examples
Meet the Lizard Man PIPE...
they are individuals and to express it to the rest of the world by radically marking the visible parts of his body with pointed teeth green scaly skin and Teflon implants under his eyebrows Eric
Video examples
Thorny Devil PIPE National...
spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I mean there's rough scaly skin and
Video examples
Thorny Devil PIPE National...
spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I mean there's rough scaly skin and
Video examples
Saving a Pangolin's Life...
and four in asia pangolins are the world's only truly scaly mammals their scales just like human fingernails
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Quote examples
Romulus Whitaker
Indian Scientist
Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents.
Quote examples
Romulus Whitaker
Indian Scientist
Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents.
Example 1 of 1
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