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

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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
2
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...
3
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