| scaly | 1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." 2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. 3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. 4. <botany> Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. <zoology> Scaly ant-eater, the pangolin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scaly leg | A thickened, encrusted condition of the legs of fowls caused by the mite, Knemidokoptes mutans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaly ringworm | An eruption consisting of a number of concentric rings of overlapping scales forming papulosquamous patches scattered over the body; it occurs in tropical climates and is caused by the fungus Trichophyton concentricum. Synonym: herpes desquamans, Malabar itch, Oriental ringworm, scaly ringworm, tinea tropicalis, Tokelau ringworm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaly tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Wet tetter, outmoded term for a moist eczematous dermatitis. Synonym: humid tetter, moist tetter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaly-winged | <zoology> Scale-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |