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maculations

maculations is the plural of maculation.

Meaning of maculation

Noun

maculation (countable and uncountable, plural maculations)

  1. (obsolete) 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:c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (uncountable) A pattern of spots.
    • Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.1975, William H. Howe, editor, The Butterflies of North America, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 217

Questions about maculations

What is maculations the plural of?
Maculations is the plural of maculation.

Words near maculations in the dictionary

  1. maculated
  2. maculated fever
  3. maculates
  4. maculating
  5. maculation
  6. maculations
  7. maculatory
  8. maculatoside
  9. maculature
  10. maculatures
  11. maculavirus

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