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Meanings of scaly in inglés

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 "scaled"
Examples for "scaled"
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In neither case, however, was the strength of corticostriatal connections globally scaled.
Pubmed
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The police said later that emergency services had scaled down their alert.
Reuters
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There are also less expensive, scaled-down ways to do family history projects.
Reuters
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Capital controls, although gradually scaled back, remained in place for two years.
Reuters
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Using Israel for a ladder, in a trice he scaled the wall.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
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As they neared the forest Ryllik paused and raised a scaley fore-limb, groping after a thought.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
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Old mistress had all the children pick up scaley barks and hickory nuts and chestnuts and walnuts.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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But the man that would play that low, scaley trick on me is going to suffer for it.
Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
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"Tastes differ," murmured the dragonette, slowly drooping its scaley eyelids over its yellow eyes, until they looked like half-moons.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Usage of scaly in inglés
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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.
The confusion
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