They are called armored scales because the scale cover is quite dense and provides a degree of protection from pesticides and parasites, which find it more difficult to drill through than the body of a soft scale.
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armored scales because the scale cover is quite dense and provides a degree of protection from pesticides and parasites
quite dense
a degree of protection from pesticides and parasites
it more difficult to drill through than the body of a soft scale