Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scalelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scale-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling scales in shape or form

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English scalelike From scale + -like.

Inflected Forms

more scalelike (comparative) most scalelike (superlative)

Synonyms

squamiform squamoid

Questions

What does scalelike mean?: Resembling scales in shape or form
Where does scalelike come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English scalelike From scale + -like.

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