| kestrel Falco tinnunculus | small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind |
sparrow hawk American kestrel
kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
| banded gecko | any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids, of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast |
common water snake
banded water snake
Natrix sipedon
Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
banded sand snake
Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
banded krait
banded adder
Bungarus fasciatus | sluggish krait banded with black and yellow |
timber rattlesnake
banded rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus horridus | widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States |
numbat
banded anteater
anteater Myrmecobius fasciatus | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites, nearly extinct |
banded stilt
Cladorhyncus leucocephalum | web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings |
banded palm civet
Hemigalus hardwickii | an East Indian civet |
banded purple
white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
peba
nine-banded armadillo
Texas armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus | having nine hinged bands of bony plates, ranges from Texas to Paraguay |
apar
three-banded armadillo
Tolypeutes tricinctus | South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates |
Madagascar cat
ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
rudderfish banded rudderfish
Seriola zonata | fish having the habit of following ships, found in North American and South American coastal waters |
| Madagascar | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, the th largest island in the world |
Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar
Malagasy Republic | a republic on the island of Madagascar, achieved independence from France in |
Antananarivo
capital of Madagascar | the capital and largest city of Madagascar |
periwinkle rose periwinkle
Madagascar periwinkle
old maid Cape periwinkle
red periwinkle
cayenne jasmine
Catharanthus roseus
Vinca rosea | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
governor's plum
governor plum
Madagascar plum
ramontchi
batoko palm
Flacourtia indica | small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums |
pepper common pepper
black pepper
white pepper
Madagascar pepper
Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe, southern India and Sri Lanka, naturalized in northern Burma and Assam |
Madagascar jasmine
waxflower Stephanotis floribunda | twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems, widely cultivated in warm regions |
| Madagascar franc | the basic unit of money in Madagascar |
| banded | identified with a band especially around a leg, kept watch for the return of their banded birds |
| banded | characterized by a band of especially white around the body, banded cattle |
| banded | marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture, a banded rock |
| cross-banded | (of snakes) having crossing bands on the back |
| yellow-banded | having yellow bands |