"scaleless" meaning in English

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        "Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size."
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        "Of a surface: free from deposits of scale."
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          "word": "scaly"
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          "word": "squamulose"
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        "Not having scales."
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        "(botany, zoology) Not having scales."
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "(botany, zoology) not having scales",
          "word": "schuppenlos"
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          "sense": "(botany, zoology) not having scales",
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        "Without using a set of scales."
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          "word": "squamulose"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(botany, zoology) not having scales",
      "word": "schuppenlos"
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  "word": "scaleless"
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