Mottled

What do we mean by mottled?

Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors. adjective

Spotted; variegated; marked with blotches of color, of unequal intensity, passing insensibly into one another.

Specifically

In entomology, marked with irregular spots, generally formed of hairs of a different color from the ground; having two or more colors irregularly mingled in spots, but not running into one another.

In metallurgy, an epithet noting the appearance of pig-iron when in a stage intermediate between the stages designated as the white and the gray.

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted. adjective

Colored in patches; spotted adjective

Simple past of mottle verb

Having spots or patches of color adjective

To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Words that are spelled similarly to mottled:
mottled, mottle, tottled, bottled, mottler, mettled, mottles, mottoed, mottley.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word mottled:
sculpin, mottling, distally, eel, streaked, blotches, speculum, anguilla, blackish, speckled, variegated, marbled, indistinct, paler, rufous, pupa, whitish, buff, darker, fuscous, mallard, moray, tawny, clouded, petrel, coloration, scales, lanceolate, costal, pinkish, dusky, yellowish, patches, pale, blotch, reddish, camouflage, ochre, tinge, purplish, grasshopper, silvery, forewing, grey, spots, plumage, colouring, underside, dorsal, shades, belly, tipped, suffused, brown, barred, enamel, dorsum, bark, apical, moth, rump, striped, basal, throat, thorax, barring, faint, lavender, caudal, ventral, dark, stripe, owl, veins, abdomen, distal, fascia, larvae, lighter, dull, adults, antennae, gray, cinnamon, dots, stripes, fins, transverse, tan, tips, anal, feathers, irregular, oblique, fin, fold, hind, skate, muzzle, sexes.

Words that rhyme with mottled:
bottled, wattled, throttled.

Adjectives that are often used to describe mottled:
brown, gray, white, dark, green, yellow, red, black, grey, light, pale, much, more, blue, little, coarsely, dull, brownish, yellowish, greenish, reddish, olive, grayish, characteristic, bright, pink, less, beautiful, peculiar, densely, deep, greyish, rich, body, heathy, latter, blackish, typical, permanent, purple, thin, whitish, above, ashen, plumage, stiff, diffuse, homogeneous, foliage, thick, tail, distinctive, bluish, wood, delicate, ashy, silvery, pinkish, buff, palest, tan, orange, purplish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective mottled:
appearance, enamel, brown, skin, pattern, effect, face, teeth, color, clay, surface, leaves, areas, calf, plumage, glaze, feather, clays, colour, grey, iron, light, pigmentation, soap, purple, marble, red, feathers, zone, sculpin, look, wings, green, stone, sky, bark, colors, texture, limestone, gray, coat, ducks, shadows, shade, area, effects, patches, background, clouds, complexion, discoloration, eggs, patterns, rock, sandstone, hands, aspect, foliage, ware, cheeks, coloration, pink, markings, turkey, spots, sand, duck, yellow, chert, glass, densities, hue, flesh, head, horizon, hyperpigmentation, calcification, blue, flint, density, loam, orange, seeds, surfaces, cyanosis, ground, paper, shades, buff, variety, mass, finish, legs, tan.

Consonant match to mottled:
metalled, mettled, mathilde, matilde, metaled, me told, meet old.

Words that sound like mottled:
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