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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FARDENIA. Geol. A type of fossil branchiopod of the Silurian period (1935 A. Lamont in Trans. Geol. Soc. Gsw. XIX. 310).
[From Farden farm near Dailly in Ayrshire.]
