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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MITCHELLII. 1. Bot. Specif. name of a Capparis or caper shrub of Australia (1877 F. Müller Intro. Bot. Teaching Schools Vict. 102.).
2. Zool. Specif. name of a fossil bivalve shell, Inoceramus, of New South Wales (1847 F. McCoy in Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. (Nov.) 299); of a fossil South Australian wombat, Phascolomys (1838 R. Owen in Three Exped. Australia II. 362); of a jerboa, Dipus (1845 in J. Gould Mammals Austr. III. 19), and of various Australian insects.
[After Thomas L. Mitchell (1792–1855), of Stirling, Australian explorer.]
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