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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CANOBUS. Geol. A genus of fossil ganoid fish (1881 Trans. Royal Soc. Edb. XXX. 46).
[Called by R. M. Traquair from one of its sources at Canonbie [locally ′kɑnobi], in Dmf.]
