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speckles

  • present tense form
    of speckle (3rd person singular).
    speckle
    noun
    a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.

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This organization gives rise to unique pH profiles within nucleoli, which they measured and compared with the pH of nearby non-nucleolar condensates including nuclear speckles and Cajal bodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

Those tell-tale black, dusty speckles first colonised the windowsill, and then took over parts of the wallpaper and nearby furniture.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024

Others showed mere speckles of damage visible among streaks of healthy, red-stained cells.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023

While eggs from the store usually come in a choice of brown or white, with a backyard flock you can have eggshell colors in blues and greens, chocolate brown, or covered in speckles.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2022

We had the usual quick little emerald ones decorated all over with black speckles.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly