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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BROOMIA. Zool. A fossil reptile of the Triassic period, order Thecodonta (1914 Watson in Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1002).
[After Robert Broom (1860–1957), of Paisley, distinguished palaeontologist in S. Africa, Professor at Stellenbosch.]
