maculation

mac·u·la·tion

M0017000 (măk′yə-lā′shən)n.1. Markings in the form of spots on an organism: a thorax with pale maculation.2. Archaic The act of spotting or staining or the condition of being spotted or stained.

maculation

(ˌmækjʊˈleɪʃən) n1. (Biology) a pattern of spots, as on certain animals and plants2. archaic the act of maculating or the state of being maculated

mac•u•la•tion

(ˌmæk yəˈleɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act of spotting. 2. a spotted condition. 3. a pattern of spots or streaks, as on an animal or plant. 4. a disfiguring spot or stain. [1425–75; late Middle English < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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, patch, speckle, fleck, spotmarking - a pattern of marksspeck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the corneasplash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosionplaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the bodymacule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseasesmock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic fieldfacula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspotsfacula - a bright spot on a planet
	2.	maculation - the act of spotting or staining somethingspotting, stainingdirtying, soiling, soilure - the act of soiling something