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- East Indian - - Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
- East Indian - n. - A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
- Langya - n. - One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
- Lady's bedstraw - - The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.
- Sharock - n. - An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
- Catalpa - n. - A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
- Coolie - n. - An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
- Chank - n. - The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.
- Ortygan - n. - One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix.
- Lotong - n. - An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).
- Tampoe - n. - The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
- Mullagatawny - n. - An East Indian curry soup.
- Banxring - n. - An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
- Bulau - n. - An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
- Kuda - n. - The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.
- Piney - a. - A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
- Sunn - n. - An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp.
- Snakewood - n. - An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
- Anna - n. - An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
- Teledu - n. - An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
- Negritos - n. pl. - A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.
- Zebrawood - n. - The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.
- Frankincense - n. - A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.
- Forktail - n. - One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking.
- Pulas - n. - The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum.
- Tacamahaca - n. - A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
- Snakewood - n. - An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.