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birthmark

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birth·mark  (bûrthmärk)
n.
A mole or blemish present on the skin from birth; a nevus.
birthmark
Noun
a blemish on the skin formed before birth
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Noun1.birthmark - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
nevus
blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
nevus flammeus, port-wine stain - a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple
hemangioma simplex, strawberry mark, strawberry - a soft red birthmark
Translations

birthmark [ˈbəːθmɑːk] birth n → envie f, tache f de vin
birthmark [ˈbəːθmɑːk] n → Muttermal nt
birthmark [ˈbəːθmɑːk] n → voglia


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Masculine observers, if the birthmark did not heighten their admiration, contented themselves with wishing it away, that the world might possess one living specimen of ideal loveliness without the semblance of a flaw.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
That flaming kind of birthmark that some- times paints with red the faces of men and women had touched with red Tom Willy's fingers and the backs of his hands.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
An edict was issued requiring the examination of every child in England, for on the left breast of the little Prince was a birthmark which closely resembled a lily, and when after a year no child was found bearing such a mark and no trace of De Vac uncovered, the search was carried into France, nor was it ever wholly relinquished at any time for more than twenty years.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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