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5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
adjective having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
originFrom Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
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