One of the many small platelike dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes, reptiles, and certain mammals.
파생어
scaly [형]
예문
1. the scale of a snake (뱀의 비늘) 2. scale a fish (생선의 비늘을 벗기다) 3. scale tartar from the teeth (치석을 제거하다) 4. scale a boiler (보일러의 물때를 벗기다) 5. scale peas (완두콩의 껍질을 까다)
