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brown-speckled

brown-speckled

3.0
Having small brown spots often seen on eggs or feathers
  • adjective
translation icon : manchado de marrón
  • All through the day, the brown-speckled duck waits as each of her eggs hatches.

Examples

  • Nestled in the garden behind a flowering azalea bush, a brown-speckled duck sits patiently on a nest of pine straw.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • A tiny brown-speckled bird lands on its arched handle.

  • She's standing back to a sinkful of brown-speckled froth and protruding pot handles.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The four-centimeter, brown-speckled squid creates within a special light organ an inviting environment in which the glowing bacteria take up residence.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The brownish-pink flesh encased in a layer of glistening fat, the black-hooved legs tied together, sometimes with the brown-speckled or white hair still visible: these were everywhere.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I now have five lovely ladies who have just begun laying perfect, tiny, brown-speckled eggs each day.

  • All through the day, the brown-speckled duck waits as each of her eggs hatches.

Synonyms

freckled
vsbrown-speckled
10 2.7

Having many small light brown spots on the skin from being in the sun

applies the same small brown marks but not limited to skin context
mottled
vsbrown-speckled
7 6.3

Covered with spots or patches of different colors

focuses on uniform small brown marks rather than varied color patches
blotchy
vsbrown-speckled
5 5.0

Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces

indicates many small brown dots rather than irregular discoloration
dappled
vsbrown-speckled
5 5.5

Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern

uses many small brown spots rather than varied colored patches
spotty
vsbrown-speckled
4 1.4

Marked with small spots or patches of a different color

refers specifically to many small brown dots not larger patches
splotchy
vsbrown-speckled
3 5.6

A surface with uneven patches or spots

means instead a fine pattern of small brown dots not broad patches
spotted
vsbrown-speckled
2 1.0

Having spots or patches of a different color

restricts the marks to small brown dots rather than varied sizes
speckled
vsbrown-speckled
1 2.8

Covered with many small spots of a different color

limits those spots to a brown color rather than any contrasting shade
freckly
vsbrown-speckled
1 3.0

Having many small brown spots on skin or other things

uses the same small brown marks broadly beyond skin use
bespeckled
vsbrown-speckled
1 7.1

Having small spots on the surface

specifies that these small marks are brown in color
brownish-speckled
vsbrown-speckled
3.9

Covered with small brown spots

is specifically marked with clearly brown small spots rather than vague brown tint
specked
vsbrown-speckled
3.2

Covered with many small spots like drops of paint

specifies that those tiny marks are brown in color
speckly
vsbrown-speckled
3.5

A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth

narrows the dotted appearance to brown specks specifically
flecked
vsbrown-speckled
4.4

With small spots of a different color

focuses those tiny patches on a brown hue rather than any color
flyspecked
vsbrown-speckled
7.2

Marked by many small dark spots left by flies

refers instead to intentional brown tiny spots not insect marks
dark-spotted
vsbrown-speckled
4.1

Having dark marks on the surface or skin

specifies spots that are brown in tone rather than simply dark
blotched
vsbrown-speckled
6.7

Marked with irregular spots of a different color

uses small regularly sized brown dots instead of irregular blotches
splotched
vsbrown-speckled
6.1

Something that has uneven spots like stains

describes many small brown tiny marks rather than large irregular blots
maculate
vsbrown-speckled
9.9

Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth

refers specifically to small brown decorative marks rather than stains

Antonyms

solid-colored
  • US
1 3.4

Having one color with no pattern

How Speckled

mottled
7 6.3
spotted
2 1.0
brown-speckled
3.0
flecked
4.4

Surface Forms

brown-speckled positive

Morphology

brown-speckled = brown + speckled (transparent) = brown + speckle + ed

Both components are productive English words and the overall meaning is the straightforward combination 'brown' + 'speckled' = marked with small brown spots.

Etymology

Brown-speckled comes from joining brown and speckled. Speckled comes from speck, meaning a 'tiny spot', so brown-speckled means 'marked with small brown spots'.