Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), n.
A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any
insignificant dot.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), v. t.
To soil with flyspecks.
[1913 Webster] flyswat
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flyspeck
adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
[syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny]
n : a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
WordNet (r) 2.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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