# spotted
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: spŏtʹĭd
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [ˈspɒtɪ̈d]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* IPA: [ˈspɑɾɪ̈d]
* Rhymes: -ɒtɪd
* Hyphenation: spot‧ted

### Adjective

spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
* Discoloured by spots; stained.
* (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
    a spotted hyena

#### Synonyms

* (discoloured by spots): blotched, blotchy, stained, spotty

#### Derived terms

* African spotted creeper (Salpornis salvadori)
* Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
* common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
* eastern spotted skunk
* eight-spotted flea beetle
* European spotted flycatcher
* greater spotted eagle
* great spotted kiwi
* great spotted woodpecker
* heath spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)
* Indian spotted creeper (Salpornis spilonota)
* large-spotted civet
* lesser spotted
* lesser spotted eagle
* lesser spotted woodpecker
* little spotted cat (Leopardus tigrinus)
* little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
* Mediterranean spotted fever
* middle spotted woodpecker
* orange-spotted bulbul
* orange-spotted drone fly
* pale-spotted emperor
* pantropical spotted dolphin
* red-spotted purple (Limenitis spp.)
* Rocky Mountain spotted fever
* rusty-spotted cat
* small-spotted catshark
* spotted bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides f. lacrima-deae)
* spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
* spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
* spotted beebalm (Monarda fruticulosa, Monarda punctata)
* spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)
* spotted burclover (Medicago arabica)
* spotted bush snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)
* spotted buttonquail (Turnix ocellatus)
* spotted chirping frog (Eleutherodactylus guttilatus)
* spotted corobane (Conium maculatum)
* spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
* spotted cranesbill (Geranium maculatum)
* spotted creeper
* spotted crocias (Laniellus albonotatus, syn. Crocias albonotatus)
* spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)
* spotted cuscus (Phalanger maculatus)
* spotted danio (Danio nigrofasciatus)
* spotted deer (Cervus nippon)
* spotted dick
* spotted dikkop (Burhinus capensis)
* spotted dog
* spotted dolphin (Stenella spp.)
* spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
* spotted dragonet (Callionymus maculatus)
* spotted eagle owl, spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus)
* spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
* spotted emubush (Eremophila maculata)
* spotted fever
* spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
* spotted geranium (Geranium maculatum)
* spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans)
* spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens, Acentrogobius pellidebilis)
* spotted gum (Corymbia spp., esp. Corymbia maculata)
* spotted gurnard (Pterygotrigla picta)
* spotted harrier (Circus assimilis)
* spotted hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus)
* spotted hemlock (Conium maculatum)
* spotted horsemint (Monarda punctata)
* spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
* spotted imperial pigeon (Ducula carola)
* spotted jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
* spotted kestrel (Falco moluccensis)
* spotted killifish (Nothobranchius orthonotus)
* spotted ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa)
* spotted lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
* spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
* spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor)
* spotted marginella (Persicula persicula)
* spotted medick (Medicago arabica)
* spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa)
* spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
* spotted oak (Quercus shumardii)
* spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza spp.)
* spotted owlet (Athene brama)
* spotted owl (Strix occidentalis)
* spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
* spotted pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata)
* spotted ponthieva (Ponthieva maculata)
* spotted poverty bush (Eremophila abietina)
* spotted quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
* spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
* spotted rainbowfish (Glossolepis maculosus)
* spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
* spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
* spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus)
* spotted sand lizard (Meroles suborbitalis)
* spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
* spotted sardine (Konosirus punctatus)
* spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)
* spotted sculpin (Cottus poecilopus)
* spotted sea bass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)
* spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)
* spotted seal (Phoca largha)
* spotted shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
* spotted skunk (Spilogale spp.)
* spotted snapweed (Impatiens balsamina)
* spotted soapfish (Rypticus subbifrenatus)
* spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata)
* spotted steed (Hemibarbus maculatus)
* spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
* spotted tetra (Copella nattereri)
* spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
* spotted tilapia (Tilapia mariae)
* spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
* spotted toughshank
* spotted tree frog (Litoria spenceri)
* spotted tree monitor (Varanus timorensis)
* spotted tree snake (Lycodryas maculatus)
* spotted trevally (Caranx melampygus)
* spotted triggerfish
* spotted turbot
* spotted weather loach (Cobitis taenia)
* spotted weever (Trachinus araneus)
* spotted whistling duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
* spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
* spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)
* spotted woodpecker (Picinae)
* spotted wood quail (Odontophorus guttatus)
* Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain
* Texas spotted whiptail
* two-spotted scoliid wasp (Scolia dubia)
* western spotted skunk

#### Translations
### Verb

spotted
* simple past and past participle of spot

#### Derived terms

* well spotted