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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scaly \Scal"y\, a.
1. Covered or abounding with scales; as a scaly fish.
``Scaly crocodile.'' --Milton.
2. Resembling scales, lamin[ae], or layers.
3. Mean low as a scaly fellow. [Low]
4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other as a
scaly bulb; covered with scales; as a scaly stem.
{Scaly ant-eater} (Zo["o]l.), the pangolin.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scaly
adj 1: (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
[syn: {lepidote}, {leprose}, {scabrous}, {scurfy}]
2: (zoology) having the body covered or partially covered with
thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles [syn: {scaley},
{scaled}]
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