Mottled

Others have less obvious names, like cat’s-eye, which consists of clusters of dots; and earthworm, or thick, mottled lines in waves or loops.

Some of them are the size of small horses and look majestic in their mottled red and white livery.

The beet armyworm, which develops into a moth commonly called the Small Mottled Willow Moth, is one of the most popular agricultural pests.

The gray whale is easy to identify because its ridged dorsal hump, mottled gray and white exterior, and lack of a dorsal fin set it apart from other species.

The sky was the pale water-washed blue of the late autumn, mottled cloud visible through the spiral-set branches.

Walz looked mottled and red – with a troll-like demeanor.

Its mottled gray, white and tan color helps it blend in with its surroundings.

On the fossil, just below the tail, the butthole appears as a “blackish mottled ovoid area,” the paleontologists write (the image is on Page 4 of the PDF, ).

Paphiopedilum Maudiae hybrids, lady’s slipper orchids with mottled, checkered foliage and charming blooms, need medium to low light.

Straddling the counties of Derry and Tyrone, the Sperrins weave a mottled tapestry of mountains, bogland and inland tarns, as well as megalithic ruins and prehistoric curiosities.

The adult female is mottled brown, and has a whitish area at the base of the bill.

We found her investigating a pane of mottled silver.

During their third and fourth years, bald eagles have mottled brown and white feathers under their wings and on their head, tail and breast.

His large, mottled white head — balanced on his compact body — suggests a recently restored bust of a Roman statesman, startlingly enlivened by those blue, blue, interrogative eyes.

Parents who suspect sepsis - such as if their child looks mottled, bluish or pale, is very lethargic or difficult to wake, feels abnormally cold to touch, is breathing very fast, has a fit or a rash that does not fade - are urged to go to A&E.

The animal, with bared teeth and mottled fur, appeared ready to lunge.

Walking Paradise a few days later, all that remained were unburned American flags placed out for Veterans Day, mottled red, white, and blue proudly juxtaposed through a smothering brown hue.

You’ve seen it: leaves losing their greenness to a mottled yellow and brown spot, a curling leaf with brown tips.

As in Mr. Tiffany’s “Harry Potter” production, such effects are achieved through purely theatrical means of prestidigitation, with an often bare stage mottled into multidimensionality by Paule Constable’s lighting.

Although not always distinctively green, the chromel wire will develop a mottled silvery skin and become magnetic.