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SCALELIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scalelike mean?
• SCALELIKE (adjective)
The adjective SCALELIKE has 1 sense:
1. reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
Familiarity information: SCALELIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
Context example:
scalelike leaves
Similar:
close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)
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