mottled
/ˈmɑt əld/ adjetivo C2En español: moteado, manchado, jaspeado
- Colored in patches; spotted. · The mottled skin of the snake was a camouflage that helped it blend in with the shadows.
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“I have to be careful,” he continued, turning to me with a smile, “for I dabble with poisons a good deal.” He held out his hand as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids.
“He has not eaten,” said Baloo, with a grunt of relief, as soon as he saw the beautifully mottled brown and yellow jacket.
One could see that he had indeed been a handsome man with clear-cut features sunburned by an African sun, but mottled in patches over this darker surface were curious whitish patches which had bleached his skin.
Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun.
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