speckled

4 definitions found

speckled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Speckle \Spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Speckling.]
     To mark with small spots of a different color from that of
     the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a
     different color from the ground or surface.
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  Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
     Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
     from that of the rest of the surface.
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     Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
  
     Speckled trout. (Zool.)
     (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
     (b) The rainbow trout.
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speckled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  speckled
      adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked,
             specked, speckled, stippled]

speckled - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "speckled":
     bespangled, bespattered, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, brindled,
     dappled, discolored, dotted, dotty, dusted, flea-bitten, flecked,
     fleckered, frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, macular,
     maculate, maculated, mottled, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked,
     pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, powdered, punctated,
     spangled, spattered, specked, speckledy, speckly, splashed,
     splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled,
     stippled, studded