scalie

noun5

1. •
   (slang) A reptile or reptile-like animal character with human characteristics.
2. •
   (slang) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character. (compare furry)
3. •
   (slang, offensive) A strikebreaker.

   • While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon. — 1908
4. •
   (Australia, slang) A weighbridge worker.

   • […] even allowing for the detours through the back roads to avoid the "scalies" who man the highway truck-weight checking stations. — 1984
5. •
   (US, informal) A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata).

   • I sensed the birds' presence, but I had no idea if they were Gambel's or scalies, even though the habitat read scaled quail. — 2003