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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HAMILTON. Zool. After Francis Buchanan, later Hamilton (see Buchanan above). Derivs. Hamiltoni, specif. name of a genus of tortoises, Damonia, from the Orient (1831 J. E. Gray Synopsis Reptilium 21); Hamiltonia, a genus of Indian fishes of the John Dory family (1839 W. Swainson Nat. Hist. Fishes II. 250).
