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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PENTLANDIA. Zool. A fossil fish in the Orkney group of the Middle old red sandstone period (1916 Watson & Day Mem. Manchester Soc. LX. (1), 2. 34).
[After the Pentland Firth between Caithness and Orkney.]
