| dapple | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot | a small contrasting part of something.; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| ~ speck, pinpoint | a very small spot.; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" |
| ~ nebula | (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea. |
| ~ splash | a patch of bright color.; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" |
| ~ worn spot, fret | a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion. |
| ~ plaque | (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body. |
| ~ macule, macula | a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases. |
| ~ mock sun, parhelion, sundog | a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" |
| ~ macula, sunspot | a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field. |
| ~ facula | a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots. |
| ~ facula | a bright spot on a planet. |
| v. (change) | 2. cloud, dapple, mottle | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. |
| ~ spot | mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" |
| ~ harlequin | variegate with spots or marks.; "His face was harlequined with patches" |
| ~ speckle, stipple | produce a mottled effect.; "The sunlight stippled the trees" |
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