scaly
Like lizard skin
Scaly describes surfaces covered with scales or resembling them in texture—the overlapping protective plates found on fish, reptiles, and certain insects.
Skin conditions that produce dry, flaking patches are often called scaly: My elbows get scaly in winter.
The word extends to anything rough, flaky, or encrusted: scaly buildup on the showerhead.
In informal British English, scaly can mean unfair or underhanded.
Four-legged scaled reptile
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- geckoClimbing lizard with toe pads
- iguanaLarge crested American lizard
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
crocodile · alligator · tortoise · turtle · python · cobra · viper · rattlesnake
Immune system attacks skin cells
- eczemaInflammatory skin disorder
- dermatitisInflammation of the skin
- dandruffFlaky scalp condition
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
shedding · dryness · keratosis · scurf · exfoliate · chapped · cracked · peeling
Uneven in surface
- coarseRough in texture
- overlappingCovering part of another
- ridgedHaving raised lines
- bumpyUneven in surface
uneven · textured · abrasive · scratchy · imbricated · layered · plated · keratinous
lizard
Four-legged scaled reptile
chameleon · crocodile · alligator · tortoise · turtle · python · cobra · viper · rattlesnake · monitor
psoriasis
Immune system attacks skin cells
- eczemaInflammatory skin disorder
- dermatitisInflammation of the skin
- dandruffFlaky scalp condition
flaky · shedding · dryness · keratosis · scurf · exfoliate · chapped · cracked · peeling · rough
rough
Uneven in surface
- coarseRough in texture
- overlappingCovering part of another
- ridgedHaving raised lines
bumpy · uneven · textured · abrasive · scratchy · imbricated · layered · plated · keratinous · hardened
Postal system items
- plateFlat dish for food
- hauberkChain mail tunic
- brigandinePlate-lined cloth armor
cuirass · greaves · gauntlets · chainmail · lamellar · carapace · plated · protective · shielding · armored
salmon
Pink-fleshed migratory fish
cod · tilapia · catfish · sardine · mackerel · anchovy · herring · halibut · flounder · perch
- reptile traitscold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin, venomous
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
- skin descriptionssmooth, rough, dry, oily, fair
- surface texturesrough, smooth, bumpy, coarse, grainy
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- roughrough, coarse, gritty, grainy, bumpy
- tip the scalesBecome the deciding factor
- fish scalesOverlapping skin plates
- bathroom scaleDevice measuring body weight
- grading scalesStandards for evaluating work
- scaled backReduced in size
- scale backReduce in extent
scale, scales, scaling, scaled, nanoscale, scaleless, scaliness, scaliest, scalier