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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KINGI. Zool. Specif. name of a Polycentropus or caddis-fly (1881 McLachlan in A. H. Markham Polar Reconnaisance 350–2).
[After J. J. F. X. King (1855–1933), Professor of Art at Glasgow University, and naturalist.]
