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motormouth
motorsport
motorway
Motown
motser
motte
motte and bailey
mottle
mottled enamel
motto
Motu
motu proprio
motza
moue
mouflon
mouillé
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mottle

mot·tle [ mótt'l ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle mot·tled, present participle mot·tling, 3rd person present singular mot·tles)
Definition:
 
mark something with different colors: to mark something with an irregular pattern of patches or spots of different colors



noun  (plural mot·tles)
Definition:
 
1. irregular pattern of colors: an irregular pattern of patches or spots of different colors

2. patch of color: a patch or spot of color that forms part of an irregular pattern

[Late 17th century. Probably back-formation <motley]
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