scaleback

noun — 2 senses

scaleback

noun

Etymology From scale + back.

1

Archaic Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back

scaleback

noun

Etymology Deverbal from scale back.

1

An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.

  • Budgetary constraints led to a scaleback in quality.

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