they are not indigenous

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English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #885 "Bedbugs!", question 5

Bedbugs were presumably first noticed by colonists in the early 1700's, but they are not ......... to America. Many believe they came from Europe on sail boats, infesting the sailors' bedding.

(a) prodigious
(b) indigenous
(c) industrious
(d) fastidious

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #885 "Bedbugs!", answer 5

Bedbugs were presumably first noticed by colonists in the early 1700's, but they are not indigenous to America. Many believe they came from Europe on sail boats, infesting the sailors' bedding.

Correct answer: (b) indigenous
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indigenous (adj) = belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else / syn: native
the indigenous people/ languages of the area
indigenous to sth
- The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.
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