Scales

British  

/ skeɪlz /

noun

1. the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac

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Example Sentences

There were balls of soft gum, harvested from the sea by sylphs, which gave you brief bursts of great physical strength, but if you chewed too long, gave you a rash of scales across your hands.

From Literature

Then there was a wild whinnying cry, and a huge green horse covered in shining scales thundered straight toward him.

From Literature

“A flying horse, bedecked with scales.”

From Literature

“A makara. Crocodile jaw. Elephant trunk. Scales of fish. More generous than her face would suggest. The kappas, the makaras, the hippocamps—they are all starve-panicking. Krakens. There should be no krakens in these waters.”

From Literature

Its body was covered in gray-green iridescent scales, and it shone.

From Literature