Meaning

1 senses
  1. Colored in patches; spotted.

    The mottled skin of the snake was a camouflage that helped it blend in with the shadows.

    gesprenkelt, gefleckt, meliert

    пятни́стыйpjatnístyj, кра́пчатыйkrápčatyj, пёстрыйpjóstryj

    having spots or patches of color

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
spotted:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spotted:

Origin

1670-80 mottle + -ed.

1670-80 mottle + -ed.

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Forms

more mottled, most mottled
Comparativemore mottled Lesson
Superlativemost mottled Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having spots or patches of color:dappled

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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