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flyspeck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flyspeck has 1 sense
- flyspeck(n = noun.substance) Array - a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly; Array is a kind of atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck
Adjective flyspeck has 1 sense
- flyspeck(s = adj.all) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
CIDE DICTIONARY
flyspeck, n.
A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot. [1913 Webster]
flyspeck, v. t.
To soil with flyspecks. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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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