brownish-speckled
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3.9
- adjective
- The brownish-speckled eggs were well camouflaged among the leaves.
Examples
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She admired the brownish-speckled feathers on the bird's back.
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We found a brownish-speckled mushroom growing at the base of the tree.
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The wall was brownish-speckled with age.
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I found a brownish-speckled egg in the garden.
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She admired the brownish-speckled feathers on the bird's back.
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The brownish-speckled eggs were well camouflaged among the leaves.
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We found a brownish-speckled mushroom growing at the base of the tree.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
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2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
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6.3
Covered with spots or patches of different colors
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5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
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5.0
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
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7.2
Having patches or streaks of different colors
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4.4
With small spots of a different color
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1.4
Marked with small spots or patches of a different color
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6.7
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
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3.0
Having many small brown spots on skin or other things
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6.1
Something that has uneven spots like stains
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3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
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3.0
Having small brown spots often seen on eggs or feathers
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3.5
A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth
Antonyms
How Brown
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3.0
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brownish-speckled breaks into brownish (meaning 'somewhat brown') and speckled, which comes from speck ('small spot'). So brownish-speckled simply means 'covered with many small brown spots', which is why we use it for things marked with brownish speckles.