Spectacled \Spec"ta*cled\, a.
1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. --Keats.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings,
or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
Spectacled bear (Zo["o]l.), a South American bear
(Tremarclos ornatus) which inhabits the high mountains
of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each
eye.
Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zo["o]l.), the surf
scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.]
Spectacled eider (Zo["o]l.) See Eider.
Spectacled goose (Zo["o]l.), the gannet.
Spectacled snake (Zo["o]l.), the cobra de capello.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |