HyperDic: leakey

English > 3 senses of the word Leakey:
NOUNperson Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine LeakeyEnglish paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents
person Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas LeakeyEnglish paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
person Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett LeakeyEnglish paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Leakey > pronunciation
Soundsliy'kiy
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English > Leakey: 3 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish 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).
SynonymsRichard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey
Instance ofanthropologistA social scientist who specializes in anthropology
paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilistA specialist in paleontology
SpanishRichard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey
CatalanRichard Erskine Frere Leakey, Richard Leakey
English > Leakey: 3 senses > noun 2, person
MeaningEnglish paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).
SynonymsMary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey
Instance ofanthropologistA social scientist who specializes in anthropology
paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilistA specialist in paleontology
SpanishMary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey
CatalanMary Leakey
English > Leakey: 3 senses > noun 3, person
MeaningEnglish paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).
SynonymsLouis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Instance ofanthropologistA social scientist who specializes in anthropology
paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilistA specialist in paleontology
SpanishLeakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
CatalanLeakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

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