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Madagascan

noun
1.
A native or inhabitant of Madagascar.





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"Madagascan" Quotes from Famous Books



... my praise not worth having, from being so indiscriminate; but if I am to speak the truth, I must say I admire every word. You have just touched on the points which I particularly wished to see noticed. I am glad you had the courage to take up Angraecum (203/2. Angraecum sesquipedale, a Madagascan orchid, with a whiplike nectary, 11 to 12 inches in length, which, according to Darwin ("Fertilisation of Orchids," Edition II., page 163), is adapted to the visits of a moth with a proboscis of corresponding length. He points out that there is no ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Madagascan" :   African, Malagasy Republic, Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar


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