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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DRYDENIUS. Geol. A genus of fossil fishes of the Lower Carboniferous era (1890 Proc. Royal Soc. Edb. XVIII. 399).
[Called by R. M. Traquair from Dryden on the Esk in Midlothian.]
