maculation

1. (obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.Examples: "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:"; "1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Holy Terror” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, p. 218, He could make out a mottled pattern on the hollow cheeks—the maculations of decay."countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.Examples: "Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion."; "1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195, [This lichen] species […] is recognized by […] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface."uncountable