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Madagascarian, a.|mædəgæˈskɛərɪən|
[f. prec. + -ian]
= Madagascan a. Also Madaˈgascarene, Madaˈgascrian ns. = Madagascan n.
1824M. A. Hedge Radama iv. 78 The first order is usually composed of those termed the white Madagascrians. 1856C. Nordhoff Merchant Vessel xix. 246 The natives..are mostly black, the descendants of Madagascarenes. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 758/2 Madagascar, the Comoros, and the widely-scattered Mascarene Islands constitute a fifth Subregion,..and for this we may most reasonably use the name ‘Madagascarian’. 1893A. Newton Dict. Birds ii. 347 Those [genera] belonging to the insular or Madagascarian Subregion. |