adjective
- having no scales
Usage: biology; zoology
Examples
- The catfish is a scaleless fish with smooth, slippery skin.
- Scaleless reptiles like snakes shed their entire outer skin layer.
- The biologist studied scaleless varieties of carp in the laboratory.
- Unlike most fish, eels have scaleless bodies covered in mucus.
- The scaleless lizard felt surprisingly soft to the touch.
- Researchers compared scaleless and scaled fish species in the study.