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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MORARIAN, adj. Geol. Associated with a movement on the earth about 730 million years ago resulting in the formation of mountains (1969 R. S. Lambert in Proc. Geol. Soc. London CLXV. 244).
[From Morar in Inv. where it is exemplified.]
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