† microlepidotousadj.ZoologyObsoleterare having very small scales.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1857 R. G. MayneExpos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Microlepidotus, applied to a fish, as the Labrus microlepidotus, or to a reptile, as the Cordylus microlepidotus, which has very small scales on the body: microlepidotous.