まだら

noun

spots; speckles; mottled pattern

Refers to a pattern of irregular spots or patches, often on animals, skin, or surfaces.

• その犬いぬは白しろと黒くろのまだら模も様ようをしている。

  That dog has a black and white spotted pattern.

• 壁かべにまだらができている。

  There are blotches on the wall.

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

speckled; spotted; mottled

Only with reading まだら

Describes something as having a speckled or mottled appearance; used adjectivally with な or の.

• まだらな模も様ようの猫ねこが好すきです。

  I like cats with mottled patterns.

• この石いしはまだらの色いろ合あいがきれいだ。

  This stone has a beautiful speckled coloring.