flecked
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fleck
(flĕk)n.
1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.
2. A small bit or flake: a fleck of dandruff.
tr.v. flecked, fleck·ing, flecks
To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.
[Probably from Middle English flekked, spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr, spot.]
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مُنَقَّط
potečkovaný
pöttyös
blettaîur
benekli
flecked
[ˈflɛkt] adj (= speckled) → tacheté(e)brown flecked with white → brun moucheté de blanc
to be flecked with blood → être taché(e) de sang
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fleck
(flek) noun a spot. a fleck of dust.
flecked adjective marked with spots. a flecked pattern.
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