Found 2 items, similar to spotted fever.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spotted fever
spotted fever
n : any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin
rashes or spots on the skin
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spotted fever
Spotted
\Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
“The
spotted panther.” --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]