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speckle

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L328228 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to mark with speckles
L333085 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkəl/

noun

Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.

  1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  2. The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
  3. Kind; sort.
  4. A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.

verb

Etymology: The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.

  1. To mark with speckles.