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scalelike

  • a word derived from scale.
    scale

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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

Corolla.—Rotate; two inches across; without scalelike appendages in the throat.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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