flyspeck
Plant Pathology. a disease of pome fruits, characterized by small, raised, dark spots on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Leptothyrium pomi.
to mark with flyspecks.
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How to use flyspeck in a sentence
Tom looked up and saw a tiny flyspeck roaring straight down at the ship.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates | Carey RockwellThis affair to-night is a mere flyspeck to whats coming along in a week.
Ralph, the Train Dispatcher | Allen ChapmanBut to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America | C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for flyspeck
/ (ˈflaɪˌspɛk) /
the small speck of the excrement of a fly
a small spot or speck
(tr) to mark with flyspecks
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