flyspeck
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Definitions
noun
- Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.“The wall of the kitchen above the fruitbowl was dotted with flyspeck.”
- (by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.“From the foothills below, Jean, Jan, and James were mere flyspecks, easily lost among the straggly pines that formed the treeline.”
verb
- To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
- To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
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