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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KIRKII. After John Kirk (1832–1922), of Barry in Ags., physician and naturalist in East Africa. Specif. name of a Neotragus or antelope (1880 Günther in Proc. Zool. Soc. 17).
