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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of mottle form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Colored in patches; spotted.

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

Adjective

1. 1
   having spots or patches of color wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dappledmotleypiebaldspeckledspottedvariegated

Example

More examples

"Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun."

Etymology

1670-80 mottle + -ed.

Related phrases

mottled bearmottled berryhuntermottled duckmottled mallardmottled owlmottled rusticmottled umber

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