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English Dictionary: scaly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scaly
adj
  1. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy]
  2. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
    Synonym(s): scaly, scaley, scaled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scaly \Scal"y\, a.
      1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
            [bd]Scaly crocodile.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Resembling scales, lamin[91], 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[94]l.), the pangolin.
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