meaning of scaly
1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.
4. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
5. having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
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