maculation

mac·u·la·tion  (mky-lshn)

n.

1. The act of spotting or staining or the condition of being spotted or stained.

2. The spotted markings of a plant or an animal, such as the spots of the leopard.

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maculation [ˌmækjʊˈleɪʃən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a pattern of spots, as on certain animals and plants

2. Archaic the act of maculating or the state of being maculated

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, spot marking - a pattern of marks speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - 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 erosion plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock 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 field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet
	2.	maculation - the act of spotting or staining something spotting, staining dirtying, soiling, soilure - the act of soiling something