speckled

Adjective
Synonyms: dottedfleckedspeckedstippled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having a pattern of dotsSynonyms: dottedfleckedspeckedstippled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Speckle \Spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Speckled \Spec"kled\, a. Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. [1913 Webster]

Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.

Speckled trout. (Zool.) (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout. (b) The rainbow trout. [1913 Webster]

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