Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
   Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. ``The
   spotted panther.'' --Spenser.

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

spotted fever
     n : any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin
         rashes or spots on the skin