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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FIFEOCRINUS. Zool. A genus of Lower Carboniferous crinoidea (1950 J. Wright in Palaeontographical Soc. CIV. (1) 41), common in Fife.
