dapple

n.

1. 1. Mottled or spotted marking, as on a horse's coat.
   2. An individual spot.
2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.

tr.v., -pled, -pling, -ples.

To mark or mottle with spots.

[Back-formation from DAPPLED.]

dapple dap'ple adj.

verb

To mark with many small spots: bespeckle, besprinkle, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, sprinkle, stipple. See marks.

A spotted, mottled or irregularly pigmented coat color pattern, usually with darker colors on a lighter background, seen in some Dachshunds. A similar pigmentation pattern in longhaired dog breeds such as collies is usually called merle. Also occurs commonly in horses of any color, but is most striking in grays. May be noticeable only when the coat is short.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small contrasting part of something
  Synonyms: spot, speckle, patch, fleck, maculation

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The verb dapple has one meaning:

Meaning #1: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
  Synonyms: mottle, cloud

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plette
n. - skimmel, plettethed

Nederlands (Dutch)
spikkels/vlekken krijgen, met vlekken bedekken, gespikkeld/gevlekt (voorkomen), gevlekt/ gespikkeld dier (m.n. paard)

Français (French)
v. tr. - tacheter
n. - tache

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tupfen, geschecktes Tier
v. - (be)sprenkeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βούλα, στίγμα, πιτσιλάδα
v. - διαστίζω, πιτσιλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
chiazza, chiazzare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mancha (f)
v. - manchar

Русский (Russian)
пестрота, покрывать/-ся пятнами

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - motear
n. - mota

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - apel
v. - bli fläckig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使有斑点, 斑纹, 花马

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使有斑點
n. - 斑紋, 花馬

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 얼룩지게 하다
n. - 얼룩

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - まだら, 斑, ぶちの動物
adj. - まだらの, 斑の
v. - まだらにする, まだらになる, 斑になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أي عدد من نقط أو بقع لونها مختلف عن الخلفيه, تنقط, ترقط (فعل) يرقط, ينقط, يصبح منقط أو مرقط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נימר, סימן נקודות או טלאים בצבעים שונים‬
n. - ‮חיה מנומרת‬

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