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Scales As A Ladder

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verb

• travel up

• go back in order of genealogical succession

• become king or queen

• appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

• go along towards (a river's) source

• slope upwards

• come up, of celestial bodies

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

25%10 Coated with or composed of small scales or scales in general
adjective satellite

• covered with tiny scales

25%11Scales that are larger and more complex than normal scales
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