Usually means: Marked with spots or patches.
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  1. dapple: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dapple: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dapple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dapple: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dapple: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dapple, dapple: Wordnik
  7. dapple: Wiktionary
  8. dapple: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dapple: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dapple: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. dapple: Dictionary.com
  12. dapple: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Dapple: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Dapple: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dapple: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. dapple: Rhymezone
  17. Dapple: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. dapple: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. dapple: Free Dictionary
  20. dapple: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. dapple: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. Dapple: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Dapple: Encyclopedia

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  1. dapple: Medical dictionary

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  1. DAPPLE: Acronym Finder

(Note: See dappled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dapple)

noun:  A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
noun:  An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
adjective:  Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
verb:  To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

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