fish scale

fish scale
noun
scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
Hypernyms: ↑scale
Part Holonyms: ↑fish

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noun
1. : the scale of fish; also : something resembling it
2. : a defect in enamel on sheet iron characterized by blistering and the detachment of small flakes of enamel

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