speckled

UK/ˈspɛkəld/US/ˈspɛkəld/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,374 of 15,258leans written

Speckled means covered with small irregular spots. A speckled egg, speckled hen, speckled with rust.

The irregularity is what separates speckled from spotted, which suggests a pattern. Speckled eggs are camouflaged, and ground-nesting birds lay the most heavily marked ones. Note speck, from which it comes, and speckle, the verb — the pattern is many small marks rather than a few large ones.

Definitions of speckled

1adjectivespeckledCovered with small irregular spots.B2+
“A speckled trout darted between the rocks in the stream.”

speckled is a quality of marking.

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speckled in the wild

The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic realm.
Speckled wood (butterfly)
The speckled wood feeds on a variety of grass species.
Speckled wood (butterfly)
Alternate names for the species include calico bass, speck, speckled perch, speckled bass, moonfish, grass bass, strawberry bass, shiner, crappie, oswego bass, sac-a-lait, and marigane noire.
Black crappie
The species is commonly known as the speckled tortoise and also known locally as the speckled padloper and internationally as the speckled Cape tortoise.
Chersobius signatus
The speckled dasyure (Neophascogale lorentzii), also known as the long-clawed marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia.
Speckled dasyure

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