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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spectacled 
  adj  :  wearing,  or  having  the  face  adorned  with  eyeglasses  or  an 
  eyeglass;  "a  bespectacled  grandmother";  "the  monocled 
  gentleman"  [syn:  {bespectacled},  {monocled}] 




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