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Manis :: Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin..

Ichthyosis :: Ichthyosis (n.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin..

Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem..

Shard-borne :: Shard-borne (a.) Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.

Squawweed :: Squawroot (n.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.

Scaly-winged :: Scaly-winged (a.) Scale-winged.

Squamous :: Squamous () Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale..

Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers..

Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish..

Ross :: Ross (n.) The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees..

Muskrat :: Muskrat (n.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra..

Xyris :: Xyris (n.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States..

Strobile :: Strobile (n.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3..

Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow..

Leprosity :: Leprosity (n.) The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale..

Podotheca :: Podotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.

Serpigo :: Serpigo (n.) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm..

Dactylotheca :: Dactylotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds..

Melene :: Melene (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene..

Scaliness :: Scaliness (n.) The state of being scaly; roughness.

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