flyspeck

[ flahy-spek ]
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noun
  1. a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.

  2. any minute spot.

  1. Plant Pathology. a disease of pome fruits, characterized by small, raised, dark spots on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Leptothyrium pomi.

verb (used with object)
  1. to mark with flyspecks.

Origin of flyspeck

1
First recorded in 1850–55; fly1 + speck

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British Dictionary definitions for flyspeck

flyspeck

/ (ˈflaɪˌspɛk) /


noun
  1. the small speck of the excrement of a fly

  2. a small spot or speck

verb
  1. (tr) to mark with flyspecks

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