Heaviside's dolphin

Meaning

Noun

• Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (species), a small dolphin endemic to the Benguela ecosystem along the southwest coast of Africa.

Origin

• Early in the 19th century, a specimen was caught off the Cape of Good Hope by a Captain Haviside of the British East India Company. Zoologist John Edward Gray then misidentified Haviside as the surgeon John Heaviside, who was known for his own biological collections at the time.