The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The spotted panther." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis. Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots. [1913 Webster]