covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue

scale (of fish, reptiles etc)

row upon row (of houses, buildings, etc.)

armor made from small, overlapping metal plates resembling animal scales

(botany) bulb

Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies and moths)

scattered bits and pieces of information or a larger whole; incomplete remnants or evidence

covered in cuts and bruises resembling fish scales; terribly cut up

scattered fragments or disconnected parts of a whole; odds and ends

having the appearance, structure, or shape of scales; squamous

the largest species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, also known as Chinook salmon

the order of insects that includes butterflies and moths

a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon according to Chinese legend

(bird species of China) scaly-breasted cupwing; scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer)

(bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)

pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla)

(bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)