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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fleshy \Flesh"y\, adjective [Compar. {Fleshier}; superl. {Fleshiest}.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.
The sole of his foot is fleshy. --Ray.
2. Human. [Obs.] ''Fleshy tabernacle.'' --Milton.
3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fleshy
adjective
1: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: {heavy}, {overweight}]
2: of or relating to or resembling flesh [syn: {sarcoid}] [also: {fleshiest}, {fleshier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "fleshy": adipose, baccate, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, doughy, dumpy, fat, fattish, flabby, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, macerated, masticated, meaty, mushy, obese, overweight, pasty, paunchy, pithy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pulpal, pulpar, pulped, pulplike, pulpy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund, soft, spongy, square, squashy, squat, squatty, squelchy, squishy, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, succulent, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, weighty, well-fed
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