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Named after French naturalist Dr Philibert Commerson, who first described them in 1767 after sighting them in the Strait of Magellan.
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Commerson's dolphin
Today it means: An oceanic dolphin, of species Cephalorhynchus commersonii, found in South America and the Kerguelen Islands Full definition →