a. | 1. | Covered or abounding with scales; | |||
2. | Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers. | ||||
3. | Mean; low; | ||||
4. | (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other;
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Adj. | 1. | scaly - rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf |
2. | scaly - having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles |