Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." Milton.
Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
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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