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Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb;covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), thepangolin.
Covered in scales.
If skin is scaly, it has small, hard, dry areas that fall off in small pieces:
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