scaly : Idioms & Phrases

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Scaly ant-eater

  • (Zoöl.), the pangolin.
Webster 1913

scaly anteater

  • noun toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
    pangolin; anteater.
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scaly fern

  • noun small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
    Asplenium ceterach; Ceterach officinarum; scale fern.
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scaly lentinus

  • noun a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice
    Lentinus lepideus.
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scaly pholiota

  • noun a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age
    Pholiota squarrosa.
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scaly polypore

  • noun a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    Polyporus squamosus.
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scaly-tailed

  • adjective satellite having a scaly tail
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scaly-winged

Scal"y-winged` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Scale-winged.
Webster 1913