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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GRANTIA. Zool. A genus of small sponges (1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Anim. 524).
[After Robert G. Grant (1793–1874), of Edinburgh, Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology at London, authority on sponges.]
