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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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ZETLANDICUS. Zool. Also -ica. Specif. names of various sea-shells, Fissurella (1813 J. Fleming in Edb. Encycl. VII. 66), Turbo (1815 G. Montagu in Trans. Linnaean Soc. XI. 194), a sponge, Geodia (1842 G. Johnston Hist. Brit. Sponges 195), from Shetland. See Zetland.
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