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  • v  make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
  • v  spot, stain, or pollute
  • s  morally blemished; stained or impure
  • s  spotted or blotched

  • But his limitations were a virtue because his target was so big -- and so maculate.
  • Among the robin's maculate cousins, "the reddish tail is the hermit thrush's mark.

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