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flyspeck

noun

Meaning

  1. Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
  2. (by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
  3. To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
  4. To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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