pock·mark (pŏk'märk')
n.

1. A pitlike scar left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.
2. A small pit on a surface: The gophers left the lawn covered with pockmarks.

tr.v., -marked, -mark·ing, -marks.
To cover with pockmarks; pit.

pockmarked pock'marked' adj.

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