dapple
IPA: dˈæpʌɫ
noun
- A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
- An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
verb
- To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
adjective
- Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
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Examples of "dapple" in Sentences
- The coat can be streaked or brindled or dappled.
- It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade.
- The hump was camoflaged by the dappled shade of a tree.
- Jinglekit announced, licking her dappled tortoiseshell fur.
- He developed a fresh and dappled, almost impressionistic style.
- It can tolerate sun or dappled shade and some degree of pollution.
- The Dappled Grays is an Atlanta, Georgia based American bluegrass band.
- Spottedleaf is a dappled tortoiseshell, while Bluestar is a blue gray cat.
- The Mamluk utilized chiaroscuro and dappled light effects in their buildings.
- The reason is that the double dapple gene is linked to blindness and deafness.