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speckle
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speck·le  (spkl)
n.
A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.

[Middle English spakle.]

speckle v.

speckle [ˈspɛkəl]
n
a small or slight mark usually of a contrasting colour, as on the skin, a bird's plumage, or eggs
vb
(tr) to mark with or as if with speckles
[from Middle Dutch spekkel; see speck]
speckled  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.specklespeckle - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
marking - a pattern of marks
speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"
worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
facula - a bright spot on a planet
Verb1.speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
dapple, mottle, cloud - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
2.speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
blob, fleck, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
Translations
speckle [ˈspekl]
A. Npunto m, mota f
B. VTsalpicar, motear (with de)

speckle
nSprenkel m, → Tupfer m, → Tupfen m
vtsprenkeln; to be speckled with somethingmit etw gesprenkelt sein; to be speckled with brownbraun gesprenkelt sein

speckle
n speckle [ˈspekl]
a little spot on a different-coloured background The eggs were pale blue with dark green speckles. spikkel بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه петънце tečka plet der Flecken πιτσιλιά, σημαδάκι pinta, mota, mancha täpp خال täplä tacheture, moucheture נְקוּדָה चित्ती mrlja, pjegica folt bintik doppa, díll macchietta, puntino 小はん点 반점 dėmelė, taškelis traipiņš; raibumiņš bintik spikkel flekk cętka pinta pată mică; picăţele крапинка; пятнышко bodka pikica pegica fläck, stänk จุดด่าง benek, nokta 斑點 цяточка, плямочка جلد یا پرندے کے انڈے وغیرہ پر پڑی ہوئی کوئی بندکی vết lốm đốm
adj speckled
marked with speckles. gespikkel مُرَقَّش пъстър tečkovaný, kropenatý plettet gesprenkelt πιτσιλωτός moteado, con puntos täpiline täplikäs tacheté, moucheté מְנוּמָר चित्तीदार pjegav, šaren foltos berbintik-bintik doppóttur macchiettato 小はん点のある 반점이 있는 taškuotas raibs; raibumains berbintik-bintik gespikkeld flekket, fregnet cętkowany sarapintado pă­tat; cu picăţele в крапинку; пятнистый bodkovaný pikast pegav fläckig, spräcklig ที่เป็นจุดด่าง benekli, çilli 有斑點的 крапчастий, плямистий بندکیاں یا دھبّے ڈالا ہوا có những đốm nhỏ


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