SCALY

adj. 1 rough, imbricated, shingly, Technical lamellar, laminar, lamellate, scutate The scaly covering of reptiles and fishes is related to the feathers of birds 2 scabby, scabrous, squamous, squamulose, squamosal, squamose, scurfy, furfuraceous, scruffy The medication causes the skin to dry and become temporarily scaly