Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maculation
2 senses of maculation
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation -- (a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red")
=> marking -- (a pattern of marks)
Sense 2
staining, spotting, maculation -- (the act of spotting or staining something)
=> soiling, soilure, dirtying -- (the act of soiling something)