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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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EDWARDII. Zool. Specif. name of various marine animals, Couchia, a midge-fish (1865 J. Couch in Jnl. Linnean Soc. (Zool.) IX. 39), Praniza or Anceus, an isopod (1858 C. Bate in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (Sept.) 168, erron. edwardsii).
[After Thomas Edward (1814–86), of Banff, A.L.S., self-taught naturalist.]
