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Definition of Speckled
1. Adjective. Having a pattern of dots.
Definition of Speckled
1. a. Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
Definition of Speckled
1. Adjective. Marked with dots. ¹
2. Adjective. Sporadically and irregularly marked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speckled
1. speckle [v] - See also: speckle
Medical Definition of Speckled
1.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different colour from that of the rest of the surface.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speckled
Literary usage of Speckled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"THE SPOTTED BASS OR speckled HEN. This is a common fish in the fresh waters of
the Western States; it is also taken in the waters of the western part of the ..."
2. Appalachia by Appalachian Mountain Club (1886)
"My own route was to be over the top of speckled Mountain, ... From the summits
of Mts. Caribou and Royce, speckled Mountain shows many attractive features, ..."
3. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1900)
"... DU f THE ADVENTURE OF THE speckled BAND »N glancing over my notes of the
seventy odd cases in which I have during the last ..."
4. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"Somebody stole my speckled hen. She crowed at my back do'. Fedders, dey shine
jes lak de sun; De Niggers grudged her mo'. * De whis'lin' gal, an' de crowin' ..."
5. The Ainu and Their Folk-lore by John Batchelor (1901)
"The speckled woodpecker was made by God and sent down to this earth. ...
The speckled woodpecker and snake are very great friends, but this bird is ..."
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