scalelike

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • scale-like

Etymology

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From scale +‎ -like.

Adjective

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scalelike (comparative more scalelike, superlative most scalelike)

  1. Resembling scales in shape or form
    • 1988 January 8, Kitry Krause, “On Exhibit: a menagerie of microscopic monsters”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Below these antennae, a rounded flap hangs over all you can see of its bloodsucking stinger, a buckled straw apparently supported by a channel that is thick with scalelike excrescences.

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