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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), noun A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), verb (used with an object) To soil with flyspecks.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flyspeck
adjective: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: {bantam}, {diminutive}, {lilliputian}, {midget}, {petite}, {tiny}]
noun: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "flyspeck": ace, atom, bespeckle, bespot, bit, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, crumb, dab, daub, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, eyesore, farthing, fleck, flick, fragment, freckle, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot, little, little bit, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, mark, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, scrap, scruple, smear, smidgen, smirch, smitch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snip, snippet, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, vanishing point, whit
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