Hypertext Webster Gateway: "speckled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
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}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See {Trout}.
(b) The rainbow trout.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
speckled
adj : having a pattern of dots [syn: {dotted}, {flecked}, {specked},
{stippled}]
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