armor-like scales.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

These women have both had to develop armor-like skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bonnie Fuller: Hillary Clinton and Madonna: Both Unbowed and Uncowed — They're Virtually the Same, and They Will Rule!] Reference

Ao settled Do Duc on the croc's back, placing his palms against the armor-like crests of its spine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kaisho]

They had to abandon the pose of having the armor-like rifle in one hand, and the ballot box in another.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2005] Reference

This delicately patterned dress with an armor-like bodice is not only identifiably Nicolas Ghesquiere's design, but it's almost defiantly original.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Runway: Balenciaga] Reference

I suspect that despite swarming hoards of eager testers praising its armor-like crust and skyscraper heights of flavor, you are still thinking Its yeast.    From Wordnik.com.  [utterly true | smitten kitchen] Reference

Tsongkhapa presents: armor-like joyful perseverance, the joyful perseverance to assemble constructive factors, the joyful perseverance of working for the benefit of limited beings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comparison of Tibetan Buddhist Division Schemes of the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes] Reference

Dingonek: Something of a hodge-podge of a saber-toothed tiger with some sort of armor-like hide and as big as a hippo, seen near Mara River or Ngare Dubash which runs into Lake Victoria.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

Thus, we need discipline and patience to endure the difficulties of following the Buddhist path, and armor-like joyful perseverance (go-cha'i brtson-'grus) to press on despite the ups and downs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renunciation - The Determination to Be Free] Reference

Thus, we need patience to endure difficult periods without getting frustrated, and joyful armor-like perseverance, to continue striving no matter how difficult or slow progress may be, and even if we do not feel like practicing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Progress on the Spiritual Path: Network Theory] Reference

Gampopa presents three divisions of far-reaching joyful perseverance: armor-like joyful perseverance – never to give up effort in constructive acts in order to lead each and every limited being to enlightenment, no matter the difficulties involved, joyful perseverance applied (to constructive actions), insatiable joyful perseverance – never feeling that one has made enough effort until one has attained enlightenment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comparison of Tibetan Buddhist Division Schemes of the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes] Reference

The girl suits with fab armor-like, removable shearling.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Justin Timberlake's mother wants him to marry Jessica Biel] Reference

The look was, if not comfortable, at least less armor-like.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The look is very clean, with helmets and armor-like designs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - World: just in] Reference

Fashion Week showing body armor-like jewelry, gauntlet gloves.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to SHOE IN] Reference

This jacket is not confining in rigidness, but has an armor-like quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [superfuture :: supertalk] Reference

Spanx are the modern version of the armor-like girdles women used to struggle into.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Record News Stories] Reference

Beyoncé marched toward the stage in an armor-like costume, flanked by foot soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [People.com Latest News] Reference

Equipped with small, reusable CO2 cartridges, the vests provide an armor-like layer of protection.    From Wordnik.com.  [KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports] Reference

Six-time winner Beyoncé marched toward the stage in an armor-like costume, flanked by foot soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

He wears a short-sleeve shirt, with a long-sleeve shirt over it that matches his silvery, armor-like pants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

The prehistoric fish, characterized by a long snout and armor-like scales, can reach 19 feet long and top 1,000 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The prehistoric sturgeon, characterized by a long snout and armor-like scales, can reach 19 feet long and top 1,000 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

The prehistoric sturgeon, characterized by its large head and armor-like scales, can reach 19 feet long and top 1,000 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference

The tent burst into applause when a gown featuring armor-like details mixed with ostrich feathers fluttered down the catwalk.    From Wordnik.com.  [OnMilwaukee.com] Reference

In her hands, for example, pailette embellishments on jackets and dresses were rendered armor-like, turning her girls into warrior chicks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The latest WWD Headlines] Reference

Fur, ostrich feathers and bouquets of undulating chiffon petals softened the razor-cut skirt and pant suits with stiff, armor-like vents at the hip and shoulder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Centredaily.com: Local] Reference

Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said at the inauguration ceremony that the semi-heavy laser-guided missile can destroy targets flying at low speeds and altitudes, specially the aggressive choppers equipped with armor-like bodies.    From Wordnik.com.  [IMRA Middle East News Updates] Reference

It might have been the stories of Paul or it might have been some dim heritage from a dimmer past that made him, as he lay there under the soaking bushes, call up visions of the great beasts that once stalked the earth, the mammoth and the mastodon, the cave bear, the saber-toothed tiger, gigantic leopards and hyenas, and back of them the terrific stegosaurus in his armor-like hide and all his awful kin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods] Reference

A protection alike from the heat and the cold; which, in structure much resembling the scale-armor assumed by man for very different objects, is, in fact, intermediate, exactly, between the fur of beasts and the scales of fishes; having the minute division of the one, and the armor-like symmetry and succession of the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference

This was a very structured armor-like collection.    From Wordnik.com.  [I want - I got] Reference

Asanga explained five aspects or divisions: armor-like courage (go-cha’i brtson-‘grus), to endure difficulties, gained from reminding ourselves of the joy with which we undertook what we did, constant and respectful application of ourselves to the task (sbyor-ba’i brtson-‘grus), never becoming disheartened or shrinking back (mi-‘god-ba’i brston-‘grus), never withdrawing (mi-ldog-pa’i brtson-‘grus), never becoming complacent (mi-chog-bar mi-‘dzin-pa’i brtson-‘grus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind and Mental Factors: The Fifty-one Types of Subsidiary Awareness] Reference