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Scaly meaning
Covered or abounding with scales. | Composed of scales lying over each other. | Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
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I'm 40 yrs old and since I can remember I have had scaly hands and terrible scaly feet - Skin, Hair & Nails QuestionIt looks like you have javascript turned off.
Combined with scaly lips, our findings suggest that predatory dinosaurs may have had softer-looking faces and mouths than we’re used to.
He said the last two and a half years have been a battle, with rising costs, and no secure income, as none of the furry, feathered and scaly patients of the hospital have credit cards.
That's not good, especially when eating after midnight causes the cute and cuddly Mogwai to transform into scaly devil like gremlins.
When cell growth happens too quickly, however, it can create a buildup of itchy, scaly patches of skin that can become painful and inflamed.
A flat, scaly patch with a raised edge.
Nine varied species live in the Land of Parrots including Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, King Parrots, Rainbow Lorikeets, Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Musk Lorikeets, Regent Parrots, Budgerigars, an Eclectus Parrot and a Pink Cockatoo.
But these furry, feathery, or scaly friends are sometimes the source of great anxiety.
Health experts believe the outbreak could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins – or scaly anteaters – which are prized in China for food and medicine.
Scientists think an intermediary animal was infected with coronavirus before it jumped into a human host, with ongoing research suggesting that intermediary may have been a pangolin – a scaly, ant-eater type creature.
You breathe fire, hoard dark secrets, and you're the baddest, scaly thicc thang on the block.
Signs of omega-3 deficiency include dry and scaly skin, eczema or dry eyes, which may be indicators the treatment could work for a child.
A basal cell carcinoma can appear as a pearly red bump while a squamous cell carcinoma often looks like a red, scaly area or a sore that will not heal.
As the tube inflated and deflated itself it then moved just like its scaly inspiration.
Elisa has to mime to a dumbstruck Zelda the next morning that her scaly new love is not, as he appears, flat-fronted down there, but rather there is an aperture from which an organ is extruded.
Ginger Dalton (Queen Marjorie) is terrific as her forgetful mother, Nicole Bianco is perfectly cast as the Wicked Faery and Steven Uihlein draws the most laughs in the role of the scaly dragon who has a penchant for flowers.
In a doozy of a dark erotic dream, Rosemary sees herself surrounded by a chanting coven while a scaly creature ritually rapes her.
Psoriasis is an example of an autoimmune disease that appears as patches of red, itchy and scaly skin.
Beavers have webbed hind-feet, and a broad, scaly tail.
Diagnosis Magnified view of a burrowing trail of the scabies mite: The scaly patch on the left was caused by the scratching and marks the mite's entry point into the skin.