mottled
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mot·tled
(mŏt'ld) 
adj.
Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors.
adj.
Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors.
Woodbook Wood Glossary:
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Mottled
Wavy grain combines with spiral, interlocked grain to produce a wrinkled, botchy figure known as mottle. The mottled figure may be scattered randomly (broken mottle), or appear as a regular checkerboard pattern (block mottle). Members of the mahogany family, koa, sapele, bubinga and African satinwood, most commonly exhibit mottled figure.
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mottled
IN BRIEF: Having spots or blotches.
The dog's coat was mottled with brown, black and yellow spots.
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