SCA'LY, adjective [from scale.] 1. Covered or abounding with scales; rough; as a scaly fish; the scaly crocodile. 2. Resembling scales, lamina or layers. 3. In botany, composed of scales lying over each other, as a scaly bulb; having scales scattered over it, as a scaly stem.
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