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maculation

noun maculations

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. I speak not ‘be thou true,’ as fearing thee, For I will throw my glove to Death himself, That there’s no maculation in thy heart:
  2. uncountable A pattern of spots. Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.

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@misc{maculation_2026,
  title = {maculation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maculation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}