Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scaly

Scaly , adjective

1.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
Scaly crocodile. — Milton
2.
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
3.
Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
4.
(Botany) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
Collocations (1)
Scaly ant-eater (Zoology) , the pangolin.