ounce vs speck

ounce

noun
  • Any small amount, a little bit. 

  • A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams. 

  • A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres. 

  • An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams. 

  • A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres. 

  • Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore. 

  • Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia. 

speck

noun
  • A very small thing; a particle; a whit. 

  • A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. 

  • The fat of the hippopotamus. 

  • A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. 

  • Fat; lard; fat meat. 

  • The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. 

  • A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. 

verb
  • To mark with specks; to speckle. 

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