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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HARDY. Zool. In derivs. hardii, specif. name of one of the Walckenaerae, a spider of the Araneida group (1850 J. Blackwall in Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. (Nov.) 340); Hardya, a genus of bugs (1922 Edwards in Entom. Monthly Mag. LVIII. 206).
[After James Hardy (1815–98), of Bilsdean, E. Lothian, an eminent local naturalist.]
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