mottled
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Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Mottled snails are best camouflaged in their native region and stand out to predators and suffer greater predation when placed in the region normally occupied by solid snails.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Mottled with a spray of green-gray lichen, they nearly resembled a camouflage pattern.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2018
Mottled plum-coloured skies and speckled yellow dawns are built up using thin washes of paint.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2011
Mottled with the silver of the stars, it ran along through the fields; a brook, shallow and narrow, but water.
From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold
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Of Mice and Men
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The Dragonet Prophecy
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