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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPECKLED

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.

 

SPECKLED BIRD

a denomination given to a person of doubtful character or principles.

 

SPECKLEDNESS

n.The state of being speckled.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPECKLED

SPECKLED Spec "kled, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

SPECKLED-BELLY

SPECKLED-BELLY Spec "kled-bel `ly, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]

 

SPECKLED-BILL

SPECKLED-BILL Spec "kled-bill ", n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons ).

 

SPECKLEDNESS

SPECKLEDNESS Spec "kled *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being speckled.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

speckled

speck led |ˈspekəld ˈspekld | adjective covered or marked with a large number of small spots or patches of color: a large speckled brown egg | its body is gray speckled with dark spots.

 

speckled trout

speck led trout noun the brook trout. See char 4.

 

speckled wood

speck led wood noun a brown Eurasian butterfly with cream or orange markings, favoring light woodland habitats. [Pararge aegeria, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

speckled

speckled |ˈspɛkld | adjective covered or marked with a large number of small spots or patches of colour: a large speckled brown egg | a fine waxy film speckled with yeast cells.

 

speckled trout

speckled trout noun N. Amer. the brook charr. See charr.

 

speckled wood

speckled wood noun a brown Eurasian butterfly with cream or orange markings, favouring light woodland habitats. Pararge aegeria, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

speckled

speckled adjective speckled eggs: flecked, speckly, specked, freckled, freckly, spotted, spotty, dotted, mottled, dappled.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

speckled

speckled adjective a large speckled brown egg: flecked, speckly, specked, freckled, freckly, spotted, spotty, dotted, stippled, sprinkled, mottled, dappled, blotchy, brindled. ANTONYMS plain.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

speckled

sp ck led 形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗しみ [斑点 はんてん , 傷 ]が付いた speckled marble 斑点模様の大理石 ▸ a work shirt speckled with paint ペンキのしみが付いた仕事着