Red Spot

noun

, Astronomy.

a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.

Red Spot

First recorded in 1875–80

As it neared the house, the Cure took off his baretta, and smiled expectantly, a little red spot burning on both cheeks.

An itching red spot about the size of a dime was noticed in thirty-six hours, and it steadily increased in size.

There, sure enough, was a tiny red spot, with a single drop of blood oozing from it.

Mr. Sabin bowed; a little red spot was burning through the pallor of his sunken cheeks.

A white diamond was immediately planted on each cheek, and a blue circle under each eye, with a red spot in the centre of each.

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