WordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a small contrasting part of something“a bald spot”“a leopard's spots”“a patch of clouds”“patches of thin ice”“a fleck of red”Synonyms: spotspeckledapplepatchfleck
- the act of spotting or staining somethingSynonyms: stainingspotting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Maculation \Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.] The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula. --Shak. [1913 Webster]