'Ulocentra stigmaea' definitions:
Definition of 'Ulocentra stigmaea'
From: GCIDE
- Speck \Speck\, n. [OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak.]
- 1. A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. "Gray sand, with black specks." --Anson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. [1913 Webster]
- Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States. [1913 Webster]