: marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
mottled tree bark
a mottled complexion
the bird's mottled plumage
A combination of red and blue pigments in the shell of a live lobster creates a mottled camouflage of indeterminate hue that blends in with the ocean floor.—
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Quiet time to wonder, daydream and relish the mottled bark of sycamore trees has fallen by the wayside.
—Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
What looks like something tangled, speckled or mottled, clearly out of place amid a cluster of broken rushes, cattails, algae, has captured her excited attention.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 June 2025
Roman Clay is an ultralow-VOC paste made from a gypsum plaster base that dries with a mottled finish and a stone-like texture.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
All sticky floors, brown mottled tables and nasty padded chairs.
—Rebecca Lowe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
What looks like something tangled, speckled or mottled, clearly out of place amid a cluster of broken rushes, cattails, algae, has captured her excited attention.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 June 2025
Roman Clay is an ultralow-VOC paste made from a gypsum plaster base that dries with a mottled finish and a stone-like texture.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
All sticky floors, brown mottled tables and nasty padded chairs.
—Rebecca Lowe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mottled
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“Mottled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mottled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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