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Maculation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart:"

  2. 2
    the act of spotting or staining something wordnet
  3. 3
    A pattern of spots. uncountable

    "Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion."

  4. 4
    a small contrasting part of something wordnet

Etymology

From macule + -ate + -ion.

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