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speckles

speckles is the plural of speckle.

Meaning of speckle

Noun

speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)

  1. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  2. The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
  3. (Scotland) Kind; sort.
  4. A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.
    Synonyms:
    splicing speckle

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Questions about speckles

What is speckles the plural of?
Speckles is the plural of speckle.

Words near speckles in the dictionary

  1. speckled-belly
  2. speckledness
  3. speckledy
  4. specklegram
  5. specklegrams
  6. speckles
  7. speckless
  8. specklessly
  9. specklessness
  10. specklike
  11. speckliness

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