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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are mottled" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has a pattern of spots or blotches of different colors or shades.
Example: "The leaves of the plant are mottled with shades of green and yellow, creating a unique appearance."
Alternatives: "are speckled" or "are variegated".
Dictionary
are mottled
adjective
Colored in patches; spotted
synonyms
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Peruvian has a narrow white band across the rear of the crown, lacking in Tropical, and the inner webs of the primaries are dark with little or no mottling (both webs are mottled in Tropical).
Rectrices The tail feathers are mottled and indistinctly barred.
Their hides are mottled and hairy, their heads crowned by raffish Mohawks.
Their commonest symptoms are mottled leaves and distorted leaves and shoots.
They are mottled brown with a pale Y-shaped mark on each forewing.
The surfaces are mottled, the decorations irregular and the tones earthy siennas and fawns.
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Females did not differ in color pattern across sites, but males were more mottled (feminized coloration) in agricultural areas, and we did not observe the typical sexual dimorphism in mottling at the most agriculture site most toads were mottled.
The female is mottled brown.
His face was mottled with purple scars.
His beak is mottled and jagged.
R2 is mottled grayish brown or buffy brown.
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