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.