8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
adjective rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
originFrom New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.
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