"fish-scale" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:",
          "text": "The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.",
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        "Usually of roofing tiles or shingles, shaped and laid in such a way that they resemble the scales of a fish."
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  "word": "fish-scale"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "extra": "uncut cocaine",
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          "ref": "2015, Duane Swierczynski, Canary, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "\"You can get anything on here—isn't it incredible?\" Slick Guy continues. \"I couldn't believe it, either. I mean anything. MDMA from Holland, high-end weed, fish-scale coke, whatever.",
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  "word": "fish-scale"
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:",
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  "word": "fish-scale"
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