black spot
noun
1
: any of several bacterial or fungal diseases of plants characterized by black spots or blotches especially on the leaves
2
chiefly British
: a dangerous or troublesome place or area
… Wisteria Lane has always been a major accident black spot.—
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Pickles is a gray pig with black spots, about a foot long.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Red-headed pine sawfly larvae have red heads as the name indicates but has a yellow body with black spots.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
The larvae are green and yellow with white, yellow, and black stripes and black spots.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 May 2024
Below the black spots, an orange slime covered the rocks of the Anaktok, rubbing off on the hands of Alexander Lee, an Alaska Pacific University philosophy professor who was helping to sample fish and invertebrates.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Red-headed pine sawfly larvae have red heads as the name indicates but has a yellow body with black spots.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
The larvae are green and yellow with white, yellow, and black stripes and black spots.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 May 2024
Below the black spots, an orange slime covered the rocks of the Anaktok, rubbing off on the hands of Alexander Lee, an Alaska Pacific University philosophy professor who was helping to sample fish and invertebrates.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Black spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20spot. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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