[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mottled.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / mottled

[← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/M/)

# mottled

«mottled» in Mova's school dictionary: **marked with patches or blotches of different colours…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories it describes an animal's skin, coat or jacket: a frog, a tiger or a dog with coloured patches

### examples

- The frog had a bright green, mottled coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/#x1)
- The mottled brown and yellow jacket shone in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/#x2)
- A toad with mottled skin sat under the leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it describes colour, not a count.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mottled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.