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In the opening section breathless, ascending, scalelike motifs keep being cut short, only to start over.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2014

The Buddha’s form is all but abstract, but the snake’s is straight from nature: you can see the curving spine under the skin, and every inch of skin is incised with fine, scalelike patterning.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2010

The translucent bodies' holographic foil will dazzle your prey, and the scalelike detail is beneath a transparent skin, so it won't wear away.

From Time Magazine Archive

The younger parts of the tree were clothed with stiff needle-shaped leaves, but elsewhere the trunk and branches were marked with scalelike scars, left by the fallen leaves, and arranged in spiral rows.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg