Indo-Malayan

American  

[in-doh-muh-ley-uhn] / ˈɪn doʊ məˈleɪ ən /

adjective

1. of Indian and Malayan origin, sponsorship, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of Indo-Malayan

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The three species—gaur, gayal and banteng—inhabit Indo-Malayan countries, and all of them are dark brown with white stockings.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

For example, among the commonest birds in Lombock were white cockatoos and three species of Meliphagidae or honeysuckers, belonging to family groups which are entirely absent from the western or Indo-Malayan region of the Archipelago.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel

A very remarkable distributional fact in regard to them, and one not yet fully explained, is that a large number show affinity with species in the Austro-Malayan rather than in the Indo-Malayan, their nearer, region.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

They are Indo-Malayan ferns with creeping rhizomes and long-stalked, fan-shaped, forked, leathery fronds.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

In spite of vigorous search, the native home of the Florida velvet bean yet remains unknown, but it is probably in the Indo-Malayan region of Southern Asia.

From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Association, Florida State Live Stock