mottle means A distinguishing blotch of colour. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
mottle is pronounced /ˈmɒt.əl/.
noun
- A distinguishing blotch of colour.
- A mottled or spotted pattern.“The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.”
- Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.
verb
- To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.“Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.”