flyspeck

[ flahy-spek ]

/ ˈflaɪˌspɛk /

a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.

any minute spot.

Plant Pathology. a disease of pome fruits, characterized by small, raised, dark spots on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Leptothyrium pomi.

to mark with flyspecks.

Origin of flyspeck

First recorded in 1850–55; fly² + speck

flypaper, flypast, flyposting, flysch, flyscreen, flyspeck, flystrike, flyte, flytier, flytrap, flyway

But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.

The Lightning Conductor Discovers America |C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

flyspeck

/ (ˈflaɪˌspɛk) /

the small speck of the excrement of a fly

a small spot or speck

(tr) to mark with flyspecks