Spot"ted, a.

Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.

"The spotted panther."

Spenser.

Spotted fever Med., a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis. -- Spotted tree Bot., an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.

 

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