From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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