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mottled enamel(medicine)

mottled (iou)



mottled adjective. L17.
[formed as MOTTLE noun + -ED2.]
Dappled with spots or blotches; marked with spots, streaks, or patches of different colour.
mottled beauty a geometrid moth, Alcis repandata, which occurs in various pale and dark brown forms. mottled calf a variegated leather used for bookbinding. mottled iron a soft kind of cast iron. mottled umber a geometrid moth, Erannis defoliaria, of which the female is wingless.
B. Ashley He looked up at the mottled sky.