scaleless

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English

Etymology

From scale +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

Adjective

scaleless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size.
  2. Of a surface: free from deposits of scale.
  3. (botany, zoology) Not having scales.
    Synonym: esquamulose
    Antonyms: scaly, squamulose
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 65:
      There are also some surprises such as Eurotamandua, a scaleless pangolin that looks astonishingly like a South American anteater.
  4. Without using a set of scales.
    scaleless dieting

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