scaly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
    scurfy; leprose; lepidote; scabrous.
  2. adjective satellite having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
    scaled; scaley.

WordNet

Scal"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." Milton.
  2. Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
  3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. Low
  4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

Webster 1913