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Significats de scaly en anglès

Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.

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Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.

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Examples for "scabrous"
Examples for "scabrous"
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I will see whether the Coramoor has sent me a scabrous drunkard.
Knife of dreams
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The scabrous feel of lichen and bird droppings brought back more memories.
Oracle's Queen
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Stephanie looked back at the patch of scabrous land that was Ketton.
The Naked God
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Giants, rats, rabbits, he could bear-butnot the scabrous solitudes of Deadways.
Non-Stop
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I think we were quite happy to be scabrous and satirical about them.
News.com.au
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Nearly half of them were afflicted with the scurfy skin-disease.
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
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Nothing remained, except a slight discoloration and a little scurfy appearance on the punctures.
Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I
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Dandruff.- Ascalyor scurfy condition of the skin, with more or less of irritation.
Dogs and All about Them
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The scurfy skin disease so common among savages has a close connexion with the poorness and irregularity of their living.
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
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The brushing causes a healthy circulation of the scalp; but combing the hair makes the head scurfy, and pulls out the hair by the roots.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
Ús de scaly en anglès
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The slim knife had found a vulnerable spot in the scaly armour.
The Beasts of Tarzan
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It looked vulnerable in comparison to the scaly upper body, Cody thought.
Stinger
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I'm certain our scaly friends will be only too eager to oblige.'
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
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I found myself fingering my scaly wrist; I hastily crossed my arms.
Seraphina
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Target pounded over the scaly ground and thundered into the hard trail.
The Young Forester
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They'd gone the colour of corned beef, and had a scaly look.
Wastelands
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Aimed in a hurry, the missiles probably glided off their scaly sides.
In the Wilds of Africa
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He looked at the scaly hands, the strangely webbed fingers and toes.
The Tarn of Eternity
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Fingers through the gills: What are you looking at, you scaly whoreson?
Wolf hall
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I can make no impression upon the scaly monster with my knife.
The Wizard of the Sea; Or, A Trip Under the Ocean
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She flexed her claws and ran them softly over her scaly body.
Armageddon's Children
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Sylve had not seemed so scaly when she'd first seen the girl.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
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He watched the steel weapons plunge deep through the monster's scaly skin.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
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The skin was coarse, almost scaly, and her whole person sagged abominably.
Nights in London
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A lesson our scaly, piscine, punting pet would do well to heed.
The Guardian
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The skin was left covered with a scaly crust of hardened pine-gum.
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