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Named after American artist, naturalist, and explorer Titian Peale (1799–1885), who first noted the species in 1848.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peale's dolphin
Today it means: A small dolphin (Cephalorhynchus australis) found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. Full definition →