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Noun Concept

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spot speckle dapple patch fleck

A small contrasting part of something WordNet 3.0

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A small contrasting part of something WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. OmegaWiki

A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size). Wiktionary

A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. Wiktionary

Small spot. Wiktionary (translation)

A bald spot WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A leopard's spots WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A patch of clouds WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Patches of thin ice WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A fleck of red WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s. Wiktionary

To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats. Wiktionary

Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny? Wiktionary

When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation

Wiktionary

patch, speckle

OmegaWiki

speckle, spot

Wikipedia Redirections

dapple (Dachshund)