Etymology

Ball's pipefish

Today it means: Cosmocampus balli, a fish of the family Syngnathidae, endemic to Hawaii. Full definition →

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The story

Named in honor of American zoologist Stanley Crittenden Ball (1885-1956).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.