Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LERRIE, n. The dragonet fish, Callionymus lyra or maculatus (Abd. 1878 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Abd. 90).
[A corruption of lyra, a lyre. the second part of the Linnaean name for the fish, so called from the plaintive sound made by the fish when caught. Cf. Lyrie, n.2]
