Maculation

Quick meaning: Maculation is a noun meaning (zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.

Meaning

(zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

Example Sentences

Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.

I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart:

1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Holy Terror” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, p. 218, He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay.

1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195, [This lichen] species […] is recognized by […] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface.

Word Forms

• maculations

Synonyms for maculation

Depending on context, synonyms include spot, patch, dapple, spotting, speckle, staining.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include speckle, dapple, spotting, spot, patch, staining.

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