speckle
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L328228 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to mark with speckles
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.
- A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
- The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
- Kind; sort.
- 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.
- To mark with speckles.