Old and Scaly

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Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Scaly and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scaly" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Scaly adjective - Composed of or covered with scales.

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Old and scaly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Scaly".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling

But it still suffered from inaccuracies: it had a bent tail, pronated hands and scaly skin (in 2008!), in a line that was meant to recreate old characters in updated alternate modes.

Source: Artistic License Paleontology / Western Animation
If you see old paleo art, expect to see scaly-skinned mammal ancestors.

Source: Useful Notes / Prehistoric Life - Non-Dinosaurian Reptiles
Though when they go on the attack, they start looking more like the mermaids from old tales i.e their skin becomes more scaly, they gain fins on their hands, their nose disappears and they suddenly sprout fangs.

Source: Manga / School Mermaid

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