Daffodils are a common cause of dermatitis amongst florists, with daffodil sap provoking symptoms such as redness and dry, scaly skin.
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Scaly
//ˈskeɪli//
Synonyms for "scaly" (72 found)
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31 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λεπιδωτός adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Arabic
2 entries- حَرْشَفِيّ adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- مُحَرْشَف adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Bulgarian
1 entries- люспест adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Catalan
1 entries- escamós adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Czech
2 entries- šupinatý adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- šupinový adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Dutch
2 entries- geschubd adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- schubachtig adj (resembling scales, laminae, or layers)
Esperanto
1 entries- skvama adj (covered or abounding with scales)
French
1 entries- écailleux adj (covered or abounding with scales)
German
1 entries- schuppig adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Ingrian
1 entries- soomukas adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Latin
2 entries- squāmeus adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- squāmōsus adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Latvian
1 entries- zvīņains adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Occitan
1 entries- escamós adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Old English
2 entries- scilig adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- scorfed adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- scheepich adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Polish
2 entries- łuskowaty adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- łuskowaty adj (resembling scales, laminae, or layers)
Portuguese
1 entries- escamoso adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Romanian
2 entries- scuamos adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- solzos adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Russian
2 entries- чешу́йчатый adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- чешу́йчатый adj (resembling scales, laminae, or layers)
Spanish
2 entries- escamoso adj (covered or abounding with scales)
- escuamiforme adj (resembling scales, laminae, or layers)
Swedish
1 entries- fjällig adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Welsh
1 entries- cennog adj (covered or abounding with scales)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Then, as with arms he comes to aid, they bind / in giant grasp the father. Twice, behold, / around his waist the horrid volumes wind, / twice round his neck their scaly backs are rolled, / high over all their heads and glittering crests unfold.
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Some reptiles have a plain body, others a scaly body.
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A scaly is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.
Source: tatoeba (9710077)
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