BIRTHMARK
Dictionary entry overview: What does birthmark mean? • BIRTHMARK (noun)
The noun BIRTHMARK has 1 sense:
1. a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Familiarity information: BIRTHMARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BIRTHMARK (noun)
Meaning:
A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
birthmark; nevus
Hypernyms ("birthmark" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "birthmark"):
nevus flammeus; port-wine stain (a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple)
hemangioma simplex; strawberry; strawberry mark (a soft red birthmark)
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