speckled eggs
Dotted shell ovals
Speckled eggs are eggs marked with small spots or flecks of color, typically darker against a lighter shell.
Many wild bird species lay speckled eggs, the pattern providing camouflage in nests.
In culinary contexts, speckled eggs often refers to candy eggs with a mottled coating, popular at Easter: The children hunted for speckled eggs hidden in the garden.
- spottedSeen or patterned
- freckledHaving small pigmented spots
- dottedMarked with small points
- robinSmall orange-breasted thrush
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
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- decorative eggs
- Easter candy
- spotted patternspolka dots, spotted, dotted, dalmatian spots, flecked
- poultry traitsegg production, egg size, feather color, broodiness, temperament