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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VALENTIA. Zool. A conodont or tooth of a fossil land snail (1907 Smith in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Gsw. VII. 251). For the name see Valentian adj.
