scaly

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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scaly (ˈskeɪlɪ)

—*adj* , scalier, scaliest
1.	resembling or covered in scales
2.	peeling off in scales

'scaliness

—n

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scaly scal·y (skā'lē)
adj.

Covered or partially covered with scales.
Shedding scales or flakes; flaking.

Example sentences

The main symptom is a growing bump that may have a rough, scaly surface and

flat reddish patches.

There are many opportunities to volunteer for those furry, scaly or feathery

friends of yours.

He will become a wild boar or a fierce tiger, a scaly dragon or lion with

yellow mane.

They have a wide, scaly, gray body and a tapered head.

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"Initially, between the trees, he caught sight of whirling, jumping bodies. Heya-hey-heya. Someone climbing. Rocks pitched after a board; and on the river, tilting patches of reflection. Heya-fulla-heya-heya. Boys were sliding down the bank on their buttocks, roughing the scaly sand. They sailed a can lid on the water where at first it turned, floating, then sank, burning like a mirror. Hiyah-smilah. Hee-mee? Coltch. Skirts rose slowly, slowly subsided. A parasol flew open with a snap. Or-rawk. Gah. Houf. Half buried in the shingle, a deep red brick was then awash. Yo-yo giggy. Teetoo Sheek? Num! Lissa-lissa. A willow leaned out, trailing its leaves in the water."

-William Gass