dapple

Noun
  1. A small contrasting part of something (synset 104689819)
    "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
    is a type of: marking - a pattern of marks
    subtypes:
    • pinpoint, speck - a very small spot
    • nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
    • splash - a patch of bright color
    • fret, worn spot - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
    • plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
    • macula, macule - 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
    • macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
    • facula, solar 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
    same as: fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot
Verb
  1. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades (synset 200511445)
    is a type of: spot - mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
    subtypes:
    same as: cloud, mottle

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