Definition of Flecks

1. Noun. (plural of fleck) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flecks

1. fleck [v] - See also: fleck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flecks

fleches
flechette
flechettes
fleck
fleck dystrophy of cornea
fleck retina of Kandori
flecked
flecked retina
flecked retina syndrome
flecker
fleckered
fleckering
fleckers
flecking
fleckless
flecks (current term)
flecky
flection
flectional
flections
fled
fledge
fledged
fledgeless
fledgeling
fledgeling(a)
fledges
fledgier
fledgiest
fledging

Literary usage of Flecks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
"PITH flecks OR MEDULLARY SPOTS IN WOOD. BY SAMUEL J. RECORD. Pith flecks or medullary spots are small, brown, half-moon shaped patches appearing so commonly ..."

2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, John Edward Gray, British Museum (Natural History) (1855)
"Fore wings with whitish flecks, which form oblique undulating diffuse bands ... Hind wings with whitish flecks along the costa Length of the body 6 lines; ..."

3. Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the by James Parton (1868)
"... flecks of moonbeam dance on the gallery floor, we might suppose the day ended, and these hours of beautiful life would now be rounded by a sleep. ..."

4. A Text-book of Wood by Herbert Stone (1921)
"471-4), is at least one of the insects which produce flecks in America, ... Either may be right, as the rays may proliferate and cause the flecks, ..."

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