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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BUCHANENSIS. Zool. Specif. name for a Fusus or gastropod mollusc from Aberdeenshire coast (1843 W. Macgillivray Hist. Mollusc. Aberdeen 170).
[Lat. adj. form from Buchan in Abd.]