[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/speckled/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / speckled # speckled adjective «speckled» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Speckled means covered with lots of small spots or marks of a different colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#m1) 2. It describes things like eggs, birds, fish or stone that have tiny dots all over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#m2) ### In the lessons In science and nature lessons, speckled feathers or eggs help animals hide (camouflage). In stories and descriptive writing, a speckled hen, a speckled trout or a speckled frog paints a clear picture. The song «Five Little Speckled Frogs» is a counting rhyme. ### Examples - The thrush has a speckled chest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x1) - We found a speckled egg in the nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x2) - Five little speckled frogs sat on a log. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x3) - The trout was speckled with red dots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x4) - Speckled feathers help the bird hide in the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x5) - The old mirror was speckled with dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x6) - She wore a blue speckled jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x7) - When she went into the stables, she suddenly saw the heavy pack-saddle of the speckled mare just over her head, and she jumped and said to herself: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/#x8) ### Note Adjective, from «speckle» (a small spot). Speckled means many tiny spots; «spotted» can mean bigger spots; «striped» means lines. In the counting song, the number of speckled frogs goes down by one each time: subtract one each verse. ## In Jewish tradition Speckled animals were those with small spots. They were the animals Laban and Jacob agreed would be Jacob's wages. Jeremiah uses "a speckled bird of prey" as a picture of Israel, which other birds attack because it looks strange. **Interpretation.** Jacob's flocks came out speckled and spotted. Tradition says God helped him and that an angel showed him in a dream why this happened. Jeremiah's picture is read as God's sorrow that His own people turned against Him. ### Examples - And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. (Torah GEN.30.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speckled/#x1) - If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked. (Torah GEN.31.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speckled/#x2) - And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. (Torah GEN.31.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speckled/#x3) - Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speckled/#x4) ### Note Adjective, from «speckle» (a small spot). Speckled means many tiny spots; «spotted» can mean bigger spots; «striped» means lines. In the counting song, the number of speckled frogs goes down by one each time: subtract one each verse. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «speckled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«speckled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speckled.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «speckled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/speckled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«speckled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/speckled.html) on Mova free.