birthmarks

plural of birthmark

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthmarks
Noun
  • To keep gophers and moles out, gardeners had to put their own screens under the ground to keep them from digging up to the plants.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • These are the result of moles clearing out excess soil from deeper excavations, says Owen.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dark brown blotches of varying sizes dot their sides and back.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Those orange splotches on the canister surface?
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Birthmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthmarks. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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