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verbmark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
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verbcolour with streaks or blotches of different shadestype of:
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"it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"nounan irregular arrangement of patches of color
Definition that contains mottle
- tyto alba mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
- amboyna mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
- andaman redwood mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
- barn owl mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
- pinto bean mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried