Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An annelid of the family Aphroditidæ; a scaleworm; a kind of marine worm covered with scales or elytra on the back, as a sea-mouse or sea-centiped: as, the scolopendrine scaleback, Polynoë scolopendrina. See cut under Polynoë.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidæ, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under chætopoda.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any member of numerous species of marine annelids with two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back.
  • noun An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.

Etymologies

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scale +‎ back

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Examples

  • Trimming Frank Gehry's design for the Nets arena at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards will help ensure it gets built, boosters said Friday - but critics say the scaleback is the plan's death knell.

    Queens Crap 2009

  • Trimming Frank Gehry's design for the Nets arena at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards will help ensure it gets built, boosters said Friday - but critics say the scaleback is the plan's death knell.

    Queens Crap 2009

  • Trimming Frank Gehry's design for the Nets arena at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards will help ensure it gets built, boosters said Friday - but critics say the scaleback is the plan's death knell.

    HoopsVibe 2009

  • BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

    Gulf Oil Spill: BP Says Time For 'Scaleback' Of Cleanup Efforts 2010

  • BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

    Gulf Oil Spill: BP Says Time For 'Scaleback' Of Cleanup Efforts 2010

  • With talk of cleanup 'scaleback' and some fishing areas opening, spill may be near new phase

    KLTV - Local and National News 2010

  • Incoming BP CEO: It's time for 'scaleback' in cleanup, but company will still set things right

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2010

  • Incoming BP CEO: It's time for 'scaleback' in cleanup, but company will still set things right

    WSFA - Around Alabama 2010

  • It's definitely not time for a "scaleback", but it probably is time for a transition in terms of the cleanup activities.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • CEO Robert Dudley said last weekend that it was time for BP to "scaleback" its cleanup efforts, the

    TreeHugger 2010

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