Scal"y (?), a. 1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile."
Milton.
2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
4. Bot. Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
Scaly ant-eater Zool., the pangolin.
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