Scal"y (?), a.
1.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
"
Scaly crocodile."
Milton.
2.
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
3.
Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.
[Low]
4. Bot.
Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
Scaly ant-eater Zool., the pangolin.
© Webster 1913.