Mot·tled a. Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. “The mottled meadows.”
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Mot·tle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled p. pr. & vb. n. Mottling ] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
mottled
adj : having spots or patches of color [syn: dappled]