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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HOSIEOCRINUS. Zool. A genus of Lower Carboniferous crinoidea (1952 J. Wright in Palaeontographical Soc. CVI. (1) 137).
[From the Hosie Limestone beds in the Sc. Lower Limestone stratification system.]
