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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DRAFFANIA. Geol. A genus of fossil Foraminifera of the Lower Carboniferous period (1957 R. H. Cummings in Micropalaeontology III. iv.).
[From its source, Draffan, Lanarkshire.]
