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birthmark
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birthmark, n.
Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. [1913 Webster]
"Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake." [1913 Webster]
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birthmark
blackhead, blaze, bleb, blemish, blister, blotch, brand, bulla, caste mark, character, check, checkmark, cicatrix, comedo, crack, crater, craze, cut, dapple, defacement, defect, deformation, deformity, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, dot, earmark, engraving, fault, feature, flaw, fleck, flick, freckle, gash, graving, hack, hemangioma, hickey, jot, keloid, kink, lentigo, macula, mark, marking, milium, mole, mottle, needle scar, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, point, polka dot, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, prick, puncture, pustule, rift, scab, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, sebaceous cyst, speck, speckle, splash, split, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, strawberry mark, sty, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick, tittle, track, trait, travail, twist, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen, whiteheadROGET THESAURUS
birthmark
Blemish
N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.For further exploring for "birthmark" in Webster Dictionary Online