speckle

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Synonyms: spreckle, spackle, speckly, peckle, seckle, spickle

Antonyms: spreckle, spackle, speckly, peckle, seckle, spickle

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Noun

1. A small [[spot]] or [[speck]] on the [[skin]], [[plumage]] or [[foliage]].
2. {{lb|en|physics}} The [[random]] [[distribution]] of [[light]] when it is [[scattered]] by a [[rough]] surface.
3. {{lb|en|Scotland}} [[kind|Kind]]; [[sort]]. <!--Chambers 1908-->
4. {{lb|en|cytology}} A cluster of [[interchromatin]] [[granule]]s in a [[nucleus]].

Verb

1. To mark with [[#Noun|speckles]].

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