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What is the noun for speckled?

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speck
  1. Fat; lard; fat meat.
  2. (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
  3. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
  4. The fat of the hippopotamus.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Soon, a peek of light appeared on the flat horizon, a tiny speck no larger than the glare of a flashlight a mile away.”
      “We are a tiny speck in a city, which is a tiny speck of the country that is a tiny speck of the continent, which is just a speck on the earth.”
      “A speck of a speck of poison is still poison.”
speck
  1. A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
  2. A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
  3. A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Soon, a peek of light appeared on the flat horizon, a tiny speck no larger than the glare of a flashlight a mile away.”
      “We are a tiny speck in a city, which is a tiny speck of the country that is a tiny speck of the continent, which is just a speck on the earth.”
      “A speck of a speck of poison is still poison.”
speckle
  1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  2. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The robin's feathers displayed a beautiful speckle of white on its chest.”
speckling
  1. A pattern of small spots
  2. ticking (the fabric)
specksioneer
  1. A chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber, of the whale.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The chief mate, Mr Todd, was also chief harpooner or specksioneer.”
      “In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this old Dutch official is still retained, but his former dignity is sadly abridged.”
speckledness
  1. The quality of being speckled.
specksioneers
  1. plural of specksioneer
specklings
  1. plural of speckling
speckles
  1. plural of speckle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Standing up she exited he bathroom for the second time, trailed by speckles of red water.”
      “The flower color, which is a wine red with a generous amount of speckles and spots, is also somewhat variable.”
      “Then you have these reversible jackets, which have bronzed satin type fabric on one side and oatmeal speckles on the other.”
specks
  1. plural of speck
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Floaters often look like cobwebs, worms, rings, dots, or specks, which are actually condensations in the vitreous humor of the eye.”
      “Younger crabeater seals have small specks and webs of brown or dark gray over much of their dorsal side.”
      “The flecks of brown in his shimmering green eyes shined like specks of gold.”
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