| Among some ground-nesting waterbirds, such as gulls and plovers, research has shown that speckling aids egg camouflage. |
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| A little water spilled over the blue top, speckling the darkly varnished wood with clear droplets of water. |
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| There is a fair amount of speckling, a bit of debris, and some grain in evidence, but no edge effects. |
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| But perplexingly, for most species, speckling patterns are often found to do a very poor job of helping eggs to blend in. |
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| Flecks of dark green paint came with it, speckling its sides as it slid through the door. |
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| Belonging to the same family as hedgehogs and gymnures, the Dinagat moonrat has stiff bristly or spiny fur on its back, which is generally golden brown with black speckling. |
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| In my part of the country, the oppressive days of late summer are now past, and the first hint of the longed-for winter rains have teased us by speckling the dusty ground. |
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| The small mine dumps have produced the locality's most colorful datolites, which are translucent to almost transparent and occur in flesh tones with red speckling and veining. |
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| The diversity of speckling is most pronounced in passerine birds. |
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| It's called speckling because of light's wave-like ability to brighten as waves combine and fade as they cancel. |
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