scaly

Example Sentences

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Suddenly a scaly red arm stretched into the light.

From Literature

I came to a standstill at the sight of a scaly tail a few feet away, but it turned out to belong to a huge monitor lizard hiding in the undergrowth.

From Literature

A faded paperback with a scaly creature on the front.

From Literature

With fewer birds to eat the insects, their population exploded, and the sweet sound of birdsong was replaced with the constant buzzing of scaly little wings.

From Literature

It was not clear whether the scaly hotel gatecrasher was a saltwater crocodile or its less dangerous freshwater cousin.

From Barron's