Defn: A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself. An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser.
SPECKLE
Spec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling.]
Defn: 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.
SPECKLED
Spec"kled, a.
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The common American brook trout. See
Trout. (b) The rainbow trout.
SPECKLED-BELLY
Spec"kled-bel`ly, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]
SPECKLED-BILL
Spec"kled-bill", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
SPECKLEDNESS
Spec"kled*ness, n.