spectacled

[ spek-tuh-kuhld ]

adjective

1. wearing spectacles.
2. (of an animal) having a marking resembling a pair of spectacles.

ˈspectacled

/ ˈspɛktəkəld /

adjective

1. wearing glasses
2. (of an animal) having markings around the eyes resembling a pair of glasses

Other Word Forms

• un·specta·cled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of spectacled¹

First recorded in 1600–10; spectacle + -ed ³

Example Sentences

High in the Andean mountains of Ecuador, Tony, a large, male spectacled bear, shelters from the midday heat beneath the shade of a century-old fig tree draped in Spanish moss.

From BBC

Some of the trees will be turned into chippings that can be used by the spectacled bears, which enjoy the pine scent, and the rhinos, which enjoy foraging through them.

From BBC

Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

From Salon

The Asiatic lions, along with other animals like spectacled langurs, two leopards and four Indian antelopes, had been transferred to the Bengal Safari park from the nearby state of Tripura early this month.

From New York Times

Tamil Nadu has high numbers of four venomous snakes whose bites can seriously affect humans: the spectacled cobra, the Russell's viper, the saw-scaled viper and the common krait.

From Science Daily