Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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BALLAPEL. Geol. In comb. Ballapel foundation, the lowest group of recumbent folds in the South-west Highlands (1922 Quarterly Jnl. Geol. Soc. LXXVIII. 82).
[A name devised by Sir E. B. Bailey from the first syllables of Ballachulish, Appin and Eilde, in the region concerned.]
