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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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ECHAN, ECHINE, n. The smooth cockle, a shellfish of the Cardium species. See also Aichan, n.2, id. Gael.Bte. 1778 Gsw. Past and Pres. (1884) I. 414:
The small shell-fish called Echines.Bte. 1820 J. Blain Hist. Bute (1880) 25:
The shellfish here are chiefly, the echan. . . .
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