mottled adj 1: having spots or patches of color [syn: {dappled}, {mottled}]
Mottle \Mot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. [1913 Webster]
Mottled \Mot"tled\, a. [From {Motley}.] Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "mottled": blotched, blotchy, brindled, calico, clouded, dapple, dappled, flecked, freckled, marbled, motley, multicolored, patchy, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald, spattered, speckled, splashed, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, streaked, streaky, variegated