speckled egg
Mottled shell oval
A speckled egg is an egg marked with small spots or flecks of color, typically darker pigmentation scattered across the shell.
Many wild bird species lay speckled eggs, which provides camouflage in nests.
The term also describes candies and chocolates made to resemble such eggs, especially around Easter: The children hunted for speckled eggs hidden in the garden.
- freckledHaving small pigmented spots
- spottedSeen or patterned
- dappledMarked with spots
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- robinSmall orange-breasted thrush
wild bird · nest · shell · quail · hatch · egg shell · spatter · flecked · dotted · thrush · plover · Easter · Easter egg · egg hunt · clutch · yolk · fragile · brooding
- eggschicken egg, duck egg, Easter egg, yolk, hard-boiled
- decorated eggspainted egg, Easter egg, Faberge egg
- Easter eggspainted egg, surprise egg
- spotted patternspolka dots, spotted, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked
- nestsmud nest, robin nest, owl nest, hummingbird nest, woven