scales

     

Scale can refer to:

Trivia about scales

  • These, the symbol for Libra, may appear alone or with a woman holding them
  • A bow's tiny projections that make strings vibrate are called these, also found on fish & snakes
  • Don't serve the cantor catfish--a kosher fish must have these often overlapping items
  • Leviticus 11:10 says "all that have not fins and" these "in the seas" shall be an abomination
  • The seal of the Treasury Department, seen on bills, includes these, which represent justice
  • Sunbeam snakes are so called because these sparkle in the light
  • This symbol for a sign of the zodiac can be seen in the Treasury seal on a $1 bill
  • 2 of the main types of these are the cycloid ones found on salmon & the placoid ones on sharks
  • Many caecilians have these in their skin, like snakes, which they resemble, but unlike most other amphibians