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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