What does "scaly" mean?

Scaly: Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
  2. 3.(Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), the pangolin.

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