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scaly-tailed

scaly-tailed

7.7
An animal with a tail covered with scales
  • adjective
translation icon : de cola escamosa
  • The scaly-tailed lizard basked in the sun on a flat rock.

Examples

  • Some rodents in Africa are known as scaly-tailed squirrels due to their distinct tails.

  • Researchers observed a rare, scaly-tailed mammal in the rainforest canopy.

  • The scaly-tailed lizard is native to the desert.

  • I saw a scaly-tailed creature at the zoo.

  • Researchers observed a rare, scaly-tailed mammal in the rainforest canopy.

  • Some rodents in Africa are known as scaly-tailed squirrels due to their distinct tails.

  • The scaly-tailed lizard basked in the sun on a flat rock.

Surface Forms

scaly-tailed positive

Morphology

scaly-tailed = scaly + tailed (transparent) = scale + tail + y + ed

A straightforward compound of 'scaly' (scale+y) and 'tailed' (tail+ed), so the meaning is directly compositional.

Etymology

Scaly-tailed is made of two words, scaly (from scale, meaning 'small, hard plates' like those on a fish) and tail (meaning 'the end of the body'), so it describes an animal that has a tail covered in scales.