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speck

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1. speck - Noun

2. speck - Verb

3. Speck - Proper noun

Meaning

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.

A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.

A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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this dish could use a touch of garlic Source: Internet

the plane was just a speck in the sky Source: Internet

speck the cloth Source: Internet

A whack, a crack, and out through the space the leather pellet flew, a blot against the distant sky, a speck against the blue. Source: Internet

A satellite image of the sun, colored in red, shows a bright speck of light orbiting the Sun. Source: Internet

Speck was erroneously reported to have an extra Y chromosome ; in fact, his karyotype was performed twice and was normal each time. Source: Internet

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