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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1710, 1808
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†BOURBEE, n. A species of rockling, a fish of the gadoid genus.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Bourbee, the spotted Whistle fish.Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife and Kinross 51:
Mustela vulgaris Rondeletii; our fishers call it the Bourbee.
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