Category:Scaly

Scal"y, 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. (bot.)

Defn: composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; Covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (zoöl.), the Pangolin.