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LEAKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Synonyms:
Leakey; Louis Leakey; Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Synonyms:
Leakey; Mary Douglas Leakey; Mary Leakey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)
Sense 3
Meaning:
English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
Synonyms:
Leakey; Richard Erskine Leakey; Richard Leakey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)
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