Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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¶PUTTICK, n. An Orkney name for the field-mouse or vole, Microtus agrestis (Ork. 1904 Zoologist VIII. 242), prob. a mistake for Cuttack, id., q.v.
