Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scaly \Scal"y\, a.
   1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
      ``Scaly crocodile.'' --Milton.

   2. Resembling scales, lamin[ae], 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} (Zo["o]l.), the pangolin.

Source : WordNet®

scaly
     adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: {lepidote},
             {leprose}, {scabrous}, {scurfy}]
     2: having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny
        plates, as some fish and reptiles [syn: {scaley}, {scaled}]
     [also: {scaliest}, {scalier}]