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Webster 1913 Edition

Mottled

Mot′tled

,

Adj.

[From

.]

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted;

as,

mottled

wood

.

“The mottled meadows.”

Drayton.

Definition 2024

mottled

mottled

English

Adjective

mottled ‎(comparative more mottled, superlative most mottled)

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

Translations

spotted

Czech: strakatý
Dutch: gevlekt (nl)
Finnish: täplikäs, läiskikäs
French: tacheté (fr),marbré (fr)
German: gesprenkelt (de), gefleckt (de)
Maori: tarare, tāingoingo, kōrangorango, tawatawa

Portuguese: manchado
Russian: пятни́стый (ru) ‎(pjatnístyj), кра́пчатый (ru) ‎(krápčatyj), пёстрый (ru) ‎(pjóstryj)
Spanish: moteado (es), manchado (es)
Swedish: fläckig (sv)
Tagalog: batik-batik
Turkish: benekli (tr)

Derived terms

mottled duck

Verb

mottled

simple past tense and past participle of mottle