mole rat
(bandicoot rat, mole rat)
Princeton's WordNet
burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
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bandicoot rat
(bandicoot rat, mole rat)
Princeton's WordNet
burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
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scaly
Webster Dictionary
composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem
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sea eagle
Webster Dictionary
any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles
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furfuraceous
(ˌfɜr fyəˈreɪ ʃəs, -fə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
scaly; scurfy.
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scurf
(ɜrf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any scaly matter or incrustation on a surface.
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scaly
Webster Dictionary
mean; low; as, a scaly fellow
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lepidote
(ˈlɛp ɪˌdoʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
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squamate
(ˈskweɪ meɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
provided or covered with squamae or scales; scaly.
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scaliness
Webster Dictionary
the state of being scaly; roughness
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exfoliate
(ɛksˈfoʊ liˌeɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to split or swell into a scaly aggregate, as certain minerals when heated.
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serpigo
Webster Dictionary
a dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm
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dactylotheca
Webster Dictionary
the scaly covering of the toes, as in birds
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leprosity
Webster Dictionary
the state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale
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shard-borne
Webster Dictionary
borne on shards or scaly wing cases
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squamoid
Webster Dictionary
resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly
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podotheca
Webster Dictionary
the scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile
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scaly
Webster Dictionary
covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish
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psoriasis
(əˈraɪ ə sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
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catkin
(ˈkæt kɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a spike of unisexual flowers with scaly bracts and no petals, as on the willow or birch.
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ichthyosis
(ˌɪk θiˈoʊ sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hereditary disorder of the outermost horny tissue characterized by dry, scaly skin.
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ross
Webster Dictionary
the rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees
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lupus erythematosus
(ˌɛr əˌθi məˈtoʊ səs, -ˌθɛm ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several autoimmune diseases, esp. systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
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ichthyosis
Webster Dictionary
a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin
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snake
(ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any limbless, scaly, elongate reptile of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species.
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lily
(ˈlɪl i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers.
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cantaloupe
(ˈkæn tlˌoʊp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a melon with a hard scaly or warty rind, grown in Europe, Asia, and United States.
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parasol mushroom
(ˈpær əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a common edible field mushroom, Macrolepiota (Lepiota) procera, with a light brown, scaly cap.
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cercaria
(ˈkɛər iˌi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the free-swimming, tailed larva of parasitic trematodes.
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vole
(ʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several short-tailed, stocky cricetid rodents, esp. of the genus
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