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a.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
v. t.
To divest of scales; to remove scales from.
n.
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
a.
Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
n.
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.
v. t.
To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
n.
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
v. i.
To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.
n.
One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
a.
Destitute of scales.
v. i.
To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
a.
Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.
n.
Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.
v. t.
To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
a.
Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
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Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
n.
A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
a.
Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
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Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.
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