scaleless
adjUK /ˈskeɪl.ləs/
Etymology From scale + -less.
1
Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size.
2
Of a surface: free from deposits of scale.
- There are also some surprises such as Eurotamandua, a scaleless pangolin that looks astonishingly like a South American anteater.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 65:
4
Without using a set of scales.
- scaleless dieting
- Derived terms
- scaleless dragonfish, scalelessness