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Recent Examples of scaly
Pangolins are scaly, anteater-like mammals known for their long tongues, burrowing lifestyles and elusive habits.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Other key ingredients like glycerin attract and pull water into the skin to keep it hydrated (as opposed to flaky or scaly).
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
Green Iguanas Resplendent in scaly beauty with vivid colors and rows of protective spines, the green iguana is one of several big lizards in Florida.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Tyrannosaurus rex, Deinonychus, Parasaurolophus and Pachyrhinosaurus – all your best scaly buddies are here.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Other key ingredients like glycerin attract and pull water into the skin to keep it hydrated (as opposed to flaky or scaly).
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
Green Iguanas Resplendent in scaly beauty with vivid colors and rows of protective spines, the green iguana is one of several big lizards in Florida.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Tyrannosaurus rex, Deinonychus, Parasaurolophus and Pachyrhinosaurus – all your best scaly buddies are here.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaly
Adjective
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Cervical dysplasia on a Pap test is a squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL).—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
6 Sep. 2024
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Eligible participants must identify as Black, be assigned female at birth or self-identify as women, not have a history of cancer (except basal or squamous skin cancer) and be between ages 25 and 55.—
Shana O. Ntiri,
Baltimore Sun,
21 June 2024
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“Scaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaly. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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