adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spotted dick
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
woodpecker
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An even more startling species to arrive in numbers to Shetland is the great spotted woodpecker .
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The great spotted woodpecker will nest in this tree, or that, never more than 20 yards apart.
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Birds abound too, and this is a good place to discover the great spotted woodpecker .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be spotted with sth
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Clouds were gathering overhead and the windscreen was spotted with rain.
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East Eleventh and Twelfth Streets are spotted with smallish antique stores.
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Still joined, the central bone was spotted with gristle and blood.
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The hardwood floor was spotted with droppings, but still in fine shape.
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The only doubt concerning whether she would succeed occurred before the tournament began, when she was spotted with a neck brace.
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The Saint was spotted with the movie star in a New York nightclub in 1998.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a spotted dog
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Could there be a spotted stallion on the moor?
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Haverford also sat, lifting his panama to mop his flushed forehead with a red and white spotted handkerchief.
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He said the two spotted fins sticking out of the ground.
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One wore a tattered summer dress in pink spotted cotton with double flounces, the other a pinafore over a checked blouse.
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The saint could not resist the appeal of that spotted belly, butter-soft, that pale fur so douce and plush.
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The three species are the snowy owl, spotted eagle owl, and the great grey owl.
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Their spotted camouflage is effective in any of these settings.
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They had been covered with a square of spotted muslin, for decency she supposed.