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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|scali}}, {{m|enm|skaly}}. {{surf|+af|en|scale|-y}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈskeɪli/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scaly.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪli|s=2}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er}}

# [[cover#Verb|Covered]] or [[abound]]ing with [[scale#Noun|scales]].
#: {{synonyms|en|squamulose|Thesaurus:scaly}}
#: {{antonyms|en|scaleless|esquamulose}}
#: {{ux|en|a '''scaly''' fish&emsp; a '''scaly''' stem}}
# [[compose|Composed]] of scales [[lie#Verb|lying]] over each other.
#: {{ux|en|a '''scaly''' bulb}}
# [[resemble|Resembling]] scales, [[lamina]]e, or [[layer#Noun|layers]].
# {{lb|en|dated|vulgar|or|South African}} [[low#Adjective|low]], [[mean#Adjective|mean]].<!--From Webster 1913, without the S.Afr. gloss-->
#: {{ux|en|a '''scaly''' fellow}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1923|author=w:P. G. Wodehouse|title=w:Leave It to Psmith|chapter=II| passage=This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “A '''scaly''' neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|covered with scales}} {{l|en|lepidote}} {{q|bot.}}, {{l|en|leprose}} {{q|bot.}}
* {{sense|resembling scales}} {{l|en|leprose}} {{q|bot.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{q|rare}} {{l|en|unscaly}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|scaly anteater|scaly clam|scaly legs|scaly tetter|scaly thrush|scaly-breasted lorikeet|scaly-sided merganser|scaliness|scalily}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|covered or abounding with scales}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُحَرْشَف}}, {{t|ar|حَرْشَفِيّ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|люспест}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|escamós}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|šupinatý}}, {{t|cs|šupinový}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|skvama}}
* French: {{t+|fr|écailleux}}
* German: {{t+|de|schuppig}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λεπιδωτός}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|soomukas}}
* Latin: {{t|la|squāmeus}}, {{t|la|squāmōsus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zvīņains}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|escamós}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|scilig}}, {{t|ang|scorfed}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|scheepich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łuskowaty}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|escamoso}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|solzos}}, {{t|ro|scuamos}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чешу́йчатый}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|escamoso}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fjällig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|resembling scales, laminae, or layers}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łuskowaty}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чешу́йчатый}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|escuamiforme}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
[[File:Labeobarbus natalensis.jpg|thumb|A drawing of a scaly yellowfish]]
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|South Africa}} The {{vern|scaly yellowfish}} ({{taxlink|Labeobarbus natalensis|species}}).

===References===
* {{pedia|Scaly yellowfish}}
* {{specieslite|i=1|Labeobarbus}}
* {{comcatlite|i=1|Labeobarbus}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aclsy|Clays|acyls|clays}}

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