• Scalelike

    Alternative forms

    • scale-like

    Origin

    scale + -like

    Full definition of scalelike

    Adjective

    scalelike

    1. Resembling scales in shape or form
      • Below these antennae, a rounded flap hangs over all you can see of its bloodsucking stinger, a buckled straw apparently supported by a channel that is thick with scalelike excrescences.

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