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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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DUBHGLASINA. Zool. A harpid trilobite of the Llandeilian age found in Ayrshire (1948 A. Lamont in Quarry Manager's Jnl. XXXI. 532).
[From Gael. Dubhglas, Douglas, after Douglas C. C. Young (1913–73), of Tayport, Scottish nationalist, scholar and man of letters.]