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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MACQUARIE. After Lachlan Macquarie (†1824), of Mull, soldier and governor of New South Wales. Hence 1. Zool. in deriv. Macquaria, a genus of Australian fish found in the River Macquarie in the province which takes its name from the governor.
2. Bot. in combs. Macquarie Harbour vine, a polygonaceous plant with a berry fruit found in Australia and called after the place-name in Tasmania; Macquarie pine, a Tasmanian tree of the yew family, used in ship-building, etc., the Huon pine, Dacrydium franklinii. Also in deriv. macquaria, specif. name of a dove, Columba (1824 Quoy & Gaimard Voy. "Uranie" (Zool.) 122) and a turtle, Emys (1829 Cuvier Règne Anim. II. 11).
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