Spotted \Spot"ted\, a. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. ``The spotted panther.'' --Spenser.

Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.

Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)