spotted : Idioms & Phrases


Spotted fever

  • noun any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
WordNet
  • (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Webster 1913

Spotted tree

  • (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); so called because its bark falls off in spots.
Webster 1913