| NOUN | person | Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey | English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents |
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| person | Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey | English 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 Leakey | English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972) |
| Sounds | liy'kiy | |
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| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| 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). | |
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| Synonyms | Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey | |
| Instance of | anthropologist | A social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
| paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist | A specialist in paleontology | |
| Spanish | Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey | |
| Catalan | Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, Richard Leakey | |
| Meaning | English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996). | |
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| Synonyms | Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey | |
| Instance of | anthropologist | A social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
| paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist | A specialist in paleontology | |
| Spanish | Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey | |
| Catalan | Mary Leakey | |
| Meaning | English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972). | |
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| Synonyms | Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey | |
| Instance of | anthropologist | A social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
| paleontologist, palaeontologist, fossilist | A specialist in paleontology | |
| Spanish | Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey | |
| Catalan | Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey | |
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