HyperDic: louis_leakey

English > 1 sense of the expression Louis Leakey:
NOUNperson Louis Leakey, Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett LeakeyEnglish paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
English > Louis Leakey: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).
SynonymsLeakey, 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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