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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SCOTOHARPES. Geol. A genus of trilobite of the Lower Silurian era found in the Pentland Hills (1948 A. Lamont in Quarry Managers' Journal (April)).
[Scoto-, Scot, + Harpes, a trilobite.]