From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Speckle \Spec"kle\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Speckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speckling}.] To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Speckled \Spec"kled\, adjective Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
{Speckled Indians} (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
{Speckled trout}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common American brook trout. See {Trout}. (b) The rainbow trout.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: having a pattern of dots [syn: {dotted}, {flecked}, {specked}, {stippled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "speckled": bespangled, bespattered, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, brindled, dappled, discolored, dotted, dotty, dusted, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, macular, maculate, maculated, mottled, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, powdered, punctated, spangled, spattered, specked, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded
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