birthmark
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈbɜrθˌmɑrk/
:
marca de nacimiento
- The spot on her hand, for instance, was a birthmark she usually covered by wearing gloves.
- strawberry birthmark
I know a kid who has, like, a birthmark on his back and only that grows hair.
- I know a kid who has, like, a birthmark on his back and only that grows hair.
- I was bone white, no melanin in my skin, big birthmark up the back of my leg.
- She's like, can't remember because it's not a scar, it's a birthmark.
- I have like a Harry Potter birthmark in between my eyebrows, so I like concealing that.
- What is up with the birthmarks and the birth defects?
- Here's the thing though, has this really ugly birthmark on my tummy.
- But, you know, that's like seeing, I don't know, getting obsessed with the birthmark on the beautiful woman.
- My my chin here because my birthmark.
Examples
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I have this really faint birthmark right here in between my eyebrows that's red like a port wine stain.
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By the end of my presentation, the kids lined up to show off their own birthmarks!
Academic text (2010) -
So we'll go with the birthmark, which is again right here.
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Maybe you should show your birthmark, because people might like it.
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Oh, what a beautiful birthmark you have.
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I love your crazy little birthmark.
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Robin showed me the birthmark on her left shoulder.
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I saw something on his arm, a birthmark or a scar, and leaned over to look at it.
Fiction book (1993) -
I've had laser surgery on my birthmark a few times a year, every year, since I was a baby.
Academic text (2010) -
Robin showed me the birthmark on her left shoulder.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small dark spot or raised area on the skin usually present from birth
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A skin mark present at birth, like a birthmark or mole
A soft red birthmark made by extra blood vessels just under the skin
A soft red raised birthmark on a baby's skin that looks like a strawberry
A flat pink to purple mark on the skin present at birth, often called a port-wine stain
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word birthmark comes from birth ('the time you are born') and mark ('a spot'), so it literally means a spot on the skin that is there from birth. That's why a birthmark is a skin spot that often looks different in colour or feel and was already on the person when they were born.