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nouna republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
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- chameleon lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
- madagascar a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
- flamboyant showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- polynesian the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific
- seychelles a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
- fossa monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
- fossa largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
- raffia feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
- lemuridae typical lemurs; of Madagascar
- comoro islands three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar