speckle
noun
[ ˈspɛk(ə)l ]
• a small spot or patch of colour.
• "it has white speckles on its forewing"
speckle
verb
• mark with a large number of small spots or patches of colour.
• "gulls whirled round the masts, speckling the docks with guano"
Similar:
flecked,
speckly,
specked,
freckled,
freckly,
spotted,
spotty,
dotted,
stippled,
sprinkled,
mottled,
dappled,
blotchy,
brindled,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Middle Dutch spekkel ; the verb (late 16th century) from the noun or a back-formation from speckled .
