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Scaly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." Milton.
2. Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
4. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), the pangolin.