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View synonyms for flyspeck

flyspeck

[ flahy-spek ]

noun

  1. a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.
  2. any minute spot.
  3. Plant Pathology. a disease of pome fruits, characterized by small, raised, dark spots on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Leptothyrium pomi.


verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with flyspecks.

flyspeck

/ ˈflaɪˌspɛk /

noun

  1. the small speck of the excrement of a fly
  2. a small spot or speck


verb

  1. tr to mark with flyspecks

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flyspeck1

First recorded in 1850–55; fly 1 + speck

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Example Sentences

Tom looked up and saw a tiny flyspeck roaring straight down at the ship.

This affair to-night is a mere flyspeck to whats coming along in a week.

But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.

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