"dapple" in the noun sense
1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
a small contrasting part of something
"a bald spot"
"a leopard's spots"
"a patch of clouds"
"patches of thin ice"
"a fleck of red"
"dapple" in the verb sense
1. mottle, dapple, cloud
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
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