ballach — meaning in English

English meaning

• dappled adj Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
• mottled adj Colored in patches; spotted.
• piebald adj Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
• speckled adj Covered with small spots or marks of a different color.
• spotted adj Marked with spots.

Senses

ballach is used for these senses in English:

• blotchy Covered in blotches.
• dappled Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
• mottled Colored in patches; spotted.
• piebald Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
• speckled Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
• spotted Discoloured by spots; stained.
• spotted (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
• wrasse Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored. [from mid-17th c.]

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