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mottled

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mottle/ˈmɒt(ə)l/

▶verb mark with patches or spots of colour. ▶noun a mottled marking.

■ a patch or spot forming part of such a marking.

– derivatives
mottled adjective.

– origin C18: prob. a back-form. from motley.

'mottled' also found in these Oxford entries:

blue whale - bobwhite - cornstone - jaspé - King Edward - marble - marble cake - marl - mottle - peach bloom - pinto - pinto bean - serpentine - sleeper - stone curlew - tabby - tortoiseshell - Ugli fruit

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