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

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

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

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

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

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.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow..

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..

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

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..

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

Oxamethane :: Oxamethane (n.) Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder..

Pangolin :: Pangolin (n.) Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater..

Lichen :: Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great

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

Scabrous :: Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly..

Vulpinite :: Vulpinite (n.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes..

Scale-winged :: Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

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

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