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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BIRKENIA. Zool. A genus of fossil fish (1899 R. H. Traquair in Trans. Royal Soc. Edb. XXXIX. 837).
[From Birkenhead Burn, near Lesmahagow.]
