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maculae


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Macula  \Mac"u*la\,  n.;  pl  {Macul[ae]}.  [L.,  spot,  stain,  blot. 
  See  {Mail}  armor,  and  cf  {Mackle},  {Macule}.] 
  1.  A  spot,  as  on  the  skin,  or  on  the  surface  of  the  sun  or  of 
  some  other  luminous  orb. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  rather  large  spot  or  blotch  of  color. 




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