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speckle
noun
- 1. A little spot, especially one of several on a different-coloured background, eg on feathers, a bird's egg, etc.
- speckled, speckling
1. To mark with speckles.
speckled
adj
- 1. Said especially of certain fish and birds or birds' eggs: covered or marked with specks or speckles.
- Example: a speckled hen
- Thesaurus: mottled, dappled, specked, variegated, motley, mosaic.
