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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DOUGALLI. Zool. Specif. name of a Sterna, the roseate tern, called after Dr McDougall, a Glasgow surgeon who shot them in the Cumbraes (1813 G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. Suppl.).
