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Webster 1913 Edition


Speckled

Spec′kled

,
Adj.
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
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The common American brook trout. See
Trout
.
(b)
The rainbow trout.

Webster 1828 Edition


Speckled

SPECK'LED

,
pp.
or a. Marked with specks; variegated with spots of a different color from the ground or surface of the object; as the speckled breast of a bird; a speckled serpent.

Definition 2024


speckled

speckled

English

Adjective

speckled (comparative more speckled, superlative most speckled)

  1. Marked with dots or spots, spotted
    The bird's eggs were speckled as camouflage.
  2. Sporadically and irregularly marked.

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