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flyspecks

flyspecks is the plural of flyspeck.

Meaning of flyspeck

Noun

flyspeck (plural flyspecks or flyspeck)

  1. Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
    • The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck.
  2. (broadly) Anything tiny or insignificant.
    • From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline.

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Questions about flyspecks

What is flyspecks the plural of?
Flyspecks is the plural of flyspeck.

Words near flyspecks in the dictionary

  1. flysheet
  2. flysheets
  3. flyspeck
  4. flyspecked
  5. flyspecking
  6. flyspecks
  7. flyspray
  8. flysprays
  9. flyssa
  10. flyssas
  11. flystrike

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