"scaleback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scalebacks [plural]
Etymology: scale + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scale|back}} scale + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaleback (plural scalebacks)
  1. (zoology) Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Annelids
    Sense id: en-scaleback-en-noun-Xx7a8Goo Disambiguation of Annelids: 65 35 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: scalebacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from scale back. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|scale back}} Deverbal from scale back Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaleback (plural scalebacks)
  1. An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced. Synonyms: scaledown
    Sense id: en-scaleback-en-noun-bMNmcdHT Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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