be+lacking
101non-squamous — lacking scales …
102scale-less — lacking scales; use to avoid the confusion of scaled below …
103scaleless — lacking scales; usually in reference to species of fish that do not have scales such as catfishes but may refer to fish that have been scaled (2) …
104wanting — lacking or absent. Used in older descriptions of fishes, e.g. wanting pelvic fins is not a wish on the part of the fish …
105dirt poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * …
106ahaustral — Lacking haustra, smooth; describing the appearance of the colon on radiographs of a barium enema in ulcerative colitis. [G. a priv. + haustra] …
107amelanotic — Lacking in melanin. [G. a priv. + melas, black] * * * amel·a·not·ic .ā .mēl ə nät ik adj containing little or no melanin <amelanotic melanocytes> <amelanotic malignant melanoma> …
108amyous — Lacking in muscular tissue, or in muscular strength. [G. a priv. + mys, muscle] * * * am·y·ous (amґe əs) [a 1 + myo + ous] deficient in muscular tissue …
109anephric — Lacking kidneys. [a priv. + G. nephros, kidney] * * * aneph·ric ( )a nef rik, ( )ā adj being without functioning kidneys <anephric patients on dialysis> * * * aneph·ric (a nefґrik) without kidneys …
110anepiploic — Lacking an omentum (epiploon). * * * an·ep·i·plo·ic (an ep″ĭ ploґik) devoid of omentum …
