spectacled
adjective
spec·ta·cled
ˈspek-ti-kəld 
also -ˌti-kəld
1
: having or wearing spectacles
2
: having markings suggesting a pair of spectacles
a spectacled alligator
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Barrow Island is a major center for oil and natural gas operations, accommodating the most productive oil-extraction site in Australia, and home to a conservation reserve where spectacled hare wallabies, sea turtles, perentie (Australia’s largest lizard), and other rare and protected species live.
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Josh Lew, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
The researchers also flag the South American spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) as a species that doesn’t quite fit the story.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Katherine nodded to a spectacled woman in the front.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Instead, Hartman and his team worked to create the cute and engaging owl that looks like a spectacled owl from Central and South America.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Adam Grimm, an artist based in South Dakota, won the competition for his acrylic portrait of two spectacled eiders against a backdrop of snowy mountains, reports WSHU’s Davis Dunavin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
The spectacled cobra is one of four species of snakes that deliver most of the snakebites in India, according to Britannica.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
Their quarry was instead a six-foot-long spectacled caiman.
—Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
One by one, the spectacled young doctor carefully sliced them open with a scalpel, then from the sticky tissue surrounding their guts, plucked out dozens of lima bean-sized lumps of flesh and dropped them into a flask of liquid nitrogen.
—Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
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Josh Lew, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
The researchers also flag the South American spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) as a species that doesn’t quite fit the story.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Katherine nodded to a spectacled woman in the front.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Instead, Hartman and his team worked to create the cute and engaging owl that looks like a spectacled owl from Central and South America.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Adam Grimm, an artist based in South Dakota, won the competition for his acrylic portrait of two spectacled eiders against a backdrop of snowy mountains, reports WSHU’s Davis Dunavin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
The spectacled cobra is one of four species of snakes that deliver most of the snakebites in India, according to Britannica.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
Their quarry was instead a six-foot-long spectacled caiman.
—Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
One by one, the spectacled young doctor carefully sliced them open with a scalpel, then from the sticky tissue surrounding their guts, plucked out dozens of lima bean-sized lumps of flesh and dropped them into a flask of liquid nitrogen.
—Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
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“Spectacled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spectacled. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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spectacled
adjective
spec·ta·cled
ˈspek-ti-kəld
1
: having or wearing glasses
2
: having markings that look like a pair of glasses
a spectacled bear
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