Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Spotted like a tiger.
  • noun Same as Nissl substance. See also Nissl granules.

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Examples

  • The self is 'a mixed body: studded, spotted, zebrine, tigroid, shimmering, spotted like an ocelot, whose life must be its business '.

    openDemocracy Heidi James-Dunbar 2010

  • The self is 'a mixed body: studded, spotted, zebrine, tigroid, shimmering, spotted like an ocelot, whose life must be its business '.

    openDemocracy Heidi James-Dunbar 2010

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