Definition of "scaly" in İngilizce

adjective

1. Covered or abounding with scales.

   • a scaly fish  a scaly stem

2. Composed of scales lying over each other.

   • a scaly bulb

3. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

4. (dated, vulgar or South Africa) low, mean.

   • a scaly fellow

noun

1. (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).