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maculous

maculous adjective: macular, spotted.

Adjective

maculous (not comparable)

  1. Macular, spotted.

Forms of maculous

alternative formmaculose

Origin of maculous

From Middle English maculose, maculous, from Classical Latin maculōsus. By surface analysis, macul(a) + -ous.

Questions about maculous

What does maculous mean?
Maculous means macular, spotted.
What part of speech is maculous?
Maculous is an adjective.

Words near maculous in the dictionary

  1. maculopapules
  2. maculopathies
  3. maculopathy
  4. maculose
  5. maculosin
  6. maculous
  7. macumba
  8. macumbas
  9. Macun
  10. Macupa
  11. Macupit

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