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Definition of Flecks
1. fleck [v] - See also: fleck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flecks
Literary usage of Flecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
"PITH flecks OR MEDULLARY SPOTS IN WOOD. BY SAMUEL J. RECORD. Pith flecks or
medullary spots are small, brown, half-moon shaped patches appearing so commonly ..."
2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, John Edward Gray, British Museum (Natural History) (1855)
"Fore wings with whitish flecks, which form oblique undulating diffuse bands ...
Hind wings with whitish flecks along the costa Length of the body 6 lines; ..."
3. Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the by James Parton (1868)
"... flecks of moonbeam dance on the gallery floor, we might suppose the day ended,
and these hours of beautiful life would now be rounded by a sleep. ..."
4. A Text-book of Wood by Herbert Stone (1921)
"471-4), is at least one of the insects which produce flecks in America, ...
Either may be right, as the rays may proliferate and cause the flecks, ..."
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