mottled

Adjective
Synonyms: dappled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having spots or patches of colorSynonyms: dappled
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mot′tled adjective

Origin: From Motley.

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. “The mottled meadows.” Michael Drayton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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