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SPECKLED
dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled
(adjective) having a pattern of dots
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
speckled (comparative more speckled, superlative most speckled)
Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
Sporadically and irregularly marked.
Synonyms
• speckly
Source: Wiktionary
Spec"kled, a.
Definition: Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
– Speckled trout. (Zoöl.) (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout. (b) The rainbow trout.
SPECKLE
Spec"kle, n. Etym: [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.]
Definition: A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself. An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser.
Spec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling.]
Definition: To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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